Things Are Brewing in Buffalo!

July is the month for high-profile Indian gaming litigation, and from the looks of it, expect further developments in August.

Besides the controversial case handed down by the Florida Supreme Court earlier this month, litigation has been brewing in New York over the Buffalo Creek Casino.

Just a few days after the Florida decision, a federal judge ruled that despite an NIGC decision to the contrary, the Seneca Nation could not operate gaming on a parcel of land in Buffalo, New York. The tribe currently operates a temporary casino there, and is in the midst of constructing a $333 million casino complex, billed as the largest privately funded construction project in Buffalo's history.

Now, the U.S. has filed a motion asking the federal court to "remand" the case to the NIGC. The tribe supports the motion, with the assistance of their chief legal consultant, the renowned constitutional scholar Laurence Tribe.

How did all that come about? We'll explain it for you!

Next up: The story of the Buffalo parcel . . . .