Prairie Band vs. Richards, No. 03-3218 (10th Cir. 2006)

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F I L E D United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit PU BL ISH November 7, 2006 UNITED STATES CO URT O F APPEALS Elisabeth A. Shumaker Clerk of Court TENTH CIRCUIT PRAIRIE BAND POTAW ATOM I N A TIO N , Plaintiff-Appellant, v. No. 03-3218 JOAN W AGNON, Secretary of the Kansas Department of Revenue, D.C. No. 99-CV-4071-JAR (D. Kansas) (241 F. Supp. 2d 1295 (Kan. 2003)) Defendant-Appellee, _______________________________ W IN N EBAG O TR IB E O F N EBRA SK A , H CI D ISTR IB UTION, TH E K IC KA PO O TR IB E O F IN D IA N S O F TH E K IC KA PO O R ESER VA TIO N IN K A N SA S, THE IO W A TR IB E O F K A N SA S A ND N EBRA SK A , A N D TH E SA C AND FOX NATION OF M ISSOURI, Amici Curiae. O PIN IO N O N R EM A ND FR OM TH E U N IT ED STATES SUPREM E COURT David Prager, III, Tribal Attorney, Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, M ayetta, Kansas, for Plaintiff-Appellant. John M ichael Hale, Special Assistant Attorney General, Kansas Department of Revenue, Topeka, Kansas, for Defendant-Appellee. Before LUC ER O, M cKA Y, and HA RTZ, Circuit Judges. M cK A Y, Circuit Judge. In view of the Supreme Court s decision in Wagnon v. Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, 546 U.S. ___, 126 S. Ct. 676 (2005), and after supplemental hearing, the prior decision of this court is vacated, as is the portion of the district court s opinion that applies the interest-balancing test. The order of the district court granting summary judgment in favor of Defendant is AFFIRM ED. -2-

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