Case3:11-cv-01493-SC Document17 Filed09/30/11 Page1 of 48 1 LESTER J. MARSTON, California State Bar No. 081030 DAVID J. RAPPORT, California State Bar No. 054384 2 RAPPORT AND MARSTON 405 West Perkins Street, P.O. Box 488 3 Ukiah, CA 95482 Telephone: 707-462-6846 4 Facsimile: 707-462-4235 e-mail: [email protected] 5 [email protected] 6 TRACY EDWARDS, California State Bar No. 195402 NEAL MALMSTEN, California State Bar No. 237487 7 OFFICE OF THE TRIBAL ATTORNEY REDDING RANCHERIA 8 2000 Redding Rancheria Road Redding, CA 96001 9 Telephone: 530-225-8979 Facsimile: 530-241-1879 10 e-mail: [email protected] [email protected] 11 12 SARA DUTSCHKE SETSHWAELO, California State Bar No. 244848 SNR DENTON US LLP th 13 525 Market Street, 26 Floor San Francisco, CA 94105-2708 14 Telephone: 415-882-5000 Facsimile: 415-882-0300 15 e-mail: [email protected] 16 Attorneys for Plaintiff 17 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 18 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 19 REDDING RANCHERIA, ) Case No. CV 11-01493 SC 20 ) Plaintiff, ) 21 ) v. ) NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION FOR 22 ) SUMMARY JUDGMENT; MEMORANDUM KENNETH SALAZAR, in his official ) OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES IN 23 capacity as the Secretary of the United ) SUPPORT THEREOF States Department of the Interior, and ) 24 LARRY ECHO HAWK, in his official ) capacity as the Assistant Secretary for ) Date: December 2, 2011 25 Indian Affairs for the United States ) Time: 1:00 p.m. Department of the Interior, ) Ctrm.: 1, Hon. Samuel Conti 26 ) Defendants. ) 27 __________________________________) 28 NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT; MEMO. POINTS AND AUTHORITIES S:\LJM\Pldgs11\Redding\Motion for SJ\Memo of P&A.final.wpd Case No. CV 11-01493 SC Case3:11-cv-01493-SC Document17 Filed09/30/11 Page2 of 48 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 Page 3 RELIEF SOUGHT BY THE PLAINTIFF.......................................... iii 4 ISSUES TO BE DECIDED ..................................................... iv 5 STATEMENT OF FACTS ..................................................... vi 6 INTRODUCTION .............................................................1 7 MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES . 1 8 INTRODUCTION .............................................................1 9 I. SUMMARY JUDGMENT IS APPROPRIATE IN THIS CASE . 1 10 II. THE DECISION MUST BE REVIEWED PURSUANT TO THE STANDARDS SET 11 FORTH IN THE APA.....................................................2 12 III. BACKGROUND TO THE LAWSUIT AND SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT. 2 13 IV. THE REGULATIONS UPON WHICH THE DECISION WAS BASED ARE NOT 14 VALID, SO THE DECISION MUST BE OVERTURNED. 6 15 A. The Regulations Conflict with the Plain Wording of the IGRA. 6 16 B. The Regulations Conflict with the Federal Court Decisions that Have 17 Interpreted the Restored Lands Exception. 13 18 C. The Regulations are also Inconsistent with the NIGC’s and the DOI’s Long- standing Interpretation of the Restored Lands Exception . 19 19 D. The Secretary Lacked the Authority to Promulgate the Restored Lands Exception 20 Regulations. .....................................................23 21 V. THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY’S DECISION VIOLATES THE APA, BECAUSE HE REFUSED TO CONSIDER IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND ARGUMENTS 22 SUBMITTED BY THE TRIBE............................................30 23 CONCLUSION ..............................................................35 24 25 26 27 28 NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT; MEMO. POINTS AND AUTHORITIES S:\LJM\Pldgs11\Redding\Motion for SJ\Memo of P&A.final.wpd i Case No. CV 11-01493 SC Case3:11-cv-01493-SC Document17 Filed09/30/11 Page3 of 48 1 TABLE OF AUTHORITIES 2 Page 3 Federal Cases 4 Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc., 477 U.S. 242 (1986) .................................1 5 Bankers Trust New York Corporation v. United States, 225 F.3d 1368 (D.C. Cir. 2000) . 19 6 Barona Band of Mission Indians v. Yee, 528 F.3d 1184 (9th Cir. 2008) . 24, 26 7 Bong v. Alfred S. Campbell Art Co., 214 U.S. 236 (1909) .............................13 8 Bowman Transportation, Inc. v. Arkansas-Best Freight System, Inc., 419 U.S. 281 (1974) . 2 9 BPS Guard Services, Inc. v. NLRB, 942 F.2d 519 (8th Cir. 1991) . 19 10 Bulova v. United States, 365 U.S. 753 (1961) .......................................26 11 Burlington Truck Lines, Inc. v. United States, 371 U.S. 156 (1962)....................2, 23 12 Butte County v. Hogan, 613 F.3d 190 (D.C. Cir. 2010) ............................33, 34 13 California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, 480 U.S. 202 (1987)....................26 14 15 Carcieri v. Salazar, 555 U.S. 379 [129 S. Ct. 1058] (2009) . x 16 Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, 477 U.S. 317 (1986) .......................................1 17 Chevron U.S.A. Inc., v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., 467 U.S. 837 (1984)...................................................6, 19, 23, 28 18 Citizens Against Casino Gambling v. Kempthorne, 471 F. Supp. 2d 295 (W.D.N.Y. 2008) . 24 19 Citizens Exposing Truth About Casinos v. Kempthorne, 492 F.3d 460 (D.C. Cir. 2007) . 29 20 Citizens to Preserve Overton Park v. Volpe, 401 U.S. 402, 414 (1971) . 2, 24, 30 21 City of Roseville v. Norton, 348 F.3d 1020 (D.C.C. 2003) . 3, 17, 18, 33, 35 22 Colorado River Indian Tribes v. NIGC, 466 F.3d 134 (D.C. Cir. 2007) . 25 23 Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua & Siuslaw Indians v. Babbitt, 24 116 F. Supp. 2d 155 (D.D.C. 2000)........................................... passim 25 Ethyl Corp. v. EPA, 51 F.3d 1053 (D.C. Cir. 1995) ..................................28 26 FDA v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., 529 U.S. 120 (2000) ......................24 27 Gasplus, L.L.C. v. United States Department of the Interior, 510 F. Supp. 2d 18 (D.D.C 2007) .............................................................................1 28 NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT; MEMO. POINTS AND AUTHORITIES S:\LJM\Pldgs11\Redding\Motion for SJ\Memo of P&A.final.wpd ii Case No. CV 11-01493 SC Case3:11-cv-01493-SC Document17 Filed09/30/11 Page4 of 48 1 Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa & Chippewa Indians v. Office of the U.S. Attorney of the W. 2 Dist. of Mich., 198 F. Supp. 2d 920 (W.D. Mich. 2002) . passim 3 Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians v. United States Attorney, 46 F. Supp.2d 689 (W.D. Mich. 1999) .................................................... passim 4 Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa & Chippewa Indians v. Office of the United States Atty., 369 5 F.3d 960 (6th Cir. Mich. 2004) ...................................................7 6 Idaho Farm Bureau Fed'n v. Babbitt, 58 F.3d 1392 (9th Cir. 1995) . 2 7 Jama v. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 543 U.S. 335 (2005) ....................8 8 Maislin Industries, U.S., Inc. v. Primary Steel, Inc., 497 U.S. 116 (1990) . 19 9 Michigan v. EPA, 268 F.3d 1075 (D.C. Cir. 2001) ...................................28 10 Morrill v. Jones, 106 U.S. 466 (1883) .............................................13 11 Morton v. Mancari, 417 U.S. 535 (1974) ..........................................26 12 Motor Vehicle Mfrs. Ass’n of U.S., Inc. v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 463 U.S. 29 (1983) 13 .......................................................................2, 23, 33 14 N. County Cmty. Alliance, Inc. v. Salazar, 573 F.3d 738 (9th Cir. 2009) . 24 15 Neal v. United States, 516 U.S. 284 (1996).........................................19 th 16 Northern Arapahoe Tribe v. Hodel, 808 F.2d 741 (10 Cir 1987) .......................27 17 Oregon v. Norton, 271 F. Supp. 2d 1270 (D. Or. 2003) . 18, 29 18 Organized Village of Kake v. Egan, 369 U.S. 60 (1962) ..............................27 19 Roberts v. United States, 44 Ct. Cl. 411 (Ct. Cl. 1909) ...............................13 20 Santa Rosa Band of Indians v. Kings County, 532 F.2d 655 (9th Cir. 1975) . 27 21 SEC v. Chenery Corp., 332 U.S. 194 (1947) .........................................2 22 Seldova Native Association v. Lujan, 904 F.2d 1335 (9th Cir.1990) . 23 23 State of Texas v. United States, 497 F.3d 491 (5th Cir. 2007) ...........................25 24 Stevens v. Commissioner, 452 F.2d 741 (9th Cir. 1971)................................27 25 Texas v. U.S., 497 F.3d 491 (5th Cir. 2007) ...................................23, 24, 28 26 Tourus Records, Inc. v. DEA, 259 F.3d 731 (D.C. Cir. 2001) . 33, 34 27 United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians v. Oklahoma, 927 F.2d 1170 (10th Cir. 1991) . 24 28 United States v. Estate of Romani, 523 U.S. 517 (1998)...............................26 NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT; MEMO. POINTS AND AUTHORITIES S:\LJM\Pldgs11\Redding\Motion for SJ\Memo of P&A.final.wpd iii Case No. CV 11-01493 SC Case3:11-cv-01493-SC Document17 Filed09/30/11 Page5 of 48 1 Williams Gas Processing-Gulf Coast Company v. Federal Emergency Regulatory Comm’n, 475 F.3d 319 (D.C.Cir. 2006).......................................................23 2 Yellowfish v. Stillwater, 691 F.2d 926 (10th Cir. 1982) ................................27 3 4 Federal Statutes 5 6 5 U.S.C. § 301 ............................................................25, 26 7 5 U.S.C. § 701 .............................................................. 11 8 5 U.S.C. § 706 ..........................................................2, 13, 33 9 18 U.S.C. § 1151 ..............................................................9 10 25 U.S.C. § 2 ............................................................. 25-27 11 25 U.S.C. § 9 ............................................................. 26-27 12 25 U.S.C. § 2201 ..............................................................8