Jackpot or Mistake? Man Sues Over $1.6M "Jackpot"
ABC, Good Morning, America, October 25, 2007
Sandia Resort and Casino
(Photo by Mark G. Bralley)
Hoffman v. Sandia Resort & Casino
Immunity from Jackpot Claims
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KOAT-TV-7, Feb. 4, 2008New Mexico Tribe Claims Sovereign Immunity
in Jackpot Case
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LegalatPokerPulse, Jan. 7, 2008Sandia Jackpot Fight Sets Off Legal Row
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Pokerpulse, Jan. 7, 2008A Mystical Malfunction
Casino City Times, John Grochowski, November 13, 2007Lucky Donut: Casinos
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Prof. N. Bruce Duthu, Dartmouth College Lecture (video)Will the House Win? Does Sovereignty Rule in Casinos
Wilkins & Ritter, U. of Nebraska (1994)If you Build it, They Will Come; Preserving Tribal Sovereignty
Painter-Thorne (May, 2009)An Indian's Journey in the Land of Indian Casinos
Slate, David Treuer (August 10-14, 2009)
GARY HOFFMAN vs. SANDIA RESORT & CASINO
U.S. SUPREME CT. PETITION FOR CERTIORARI
(Filed, June 21, 2010)
2nd Judicial District Court - Civil Case No. 2007-07478
Plaintiff's Complaint (filed August 22, 2007)
Casino's Motion to Dismiss (October 15, 2007)
Plaintiff's Response to Motion to Dismiss (November 9, 2007)
Casino's Reply to Plaintiff's Response (November 30, 2007)
New Mexico Court of Appeals - Appeal No. 28,444
Plaintiff-Appellant's Docketing Statement (March 27, 2008)
Court of Appeals' Proposed Summary Affirmance (April 17, 2008)
Plaintiff's Objections to Proposed Affirmance (May 12, 2008)
Casino Lawsuit Assigned to General Calendar (May 19, 2008)
Hoffman's Brief in Chief (September 29, 2008)
Casino's Answer Brief
Hoffman's Response to Amici Tribes
DECISION OF N.M. COURT OF APPEALS (January 26, 2010)
Letter from Casino Management to Sandia Players' Club Members
Sandia Pueblo Gaming Compact with State of N.M., Nov. 2001
President Bush explains tribal "sovereignty"
Tribal Gaming and Indigenous Sovereignty. . .
Jessica R. Cattelino, American
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