grand jury indictment
Morongo Indians defy U.S. and California
A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging E.C. Investments, Inc. and certain of its officers and consultants with running an "illegal gambling business" based on their contract with the Tribal Council of the Morongo Band of Mission Indians. The District Court dismissed the indictments. The government appealed and the Ninth Circuit overruled the District Court. Thereafter, the Wilson Administration demanded that their slot machines be disabled as a precondition of negotiating a gambling compact. Responding to the warning of the four U.S. attorneys in California that the federal government would move against the casino, Mary Ann Marin Andreas, chairwoman of the Morongo band refused to capitulate citing generally, Seminole Tribe of Florida vs. Florida U.S. Supreme Court, 1996.
Artist/Author: Doomtown October 10, 2005 | |
