Case Name: LITTLE SIX, INC. and Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux (Dakota) Community, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2000-10-12
Citations: 229 F.3d 1383
Docket Number: No. 99-5083
Parties: LITTLE SIX, INC. and Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux (Dakota) Community, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: with whom Circuit Judges NEWMAN and PLAGER join,
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 229
Pages: 1383–1386

Head Matter:
LITTLE SIX, INC. and Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux (Dakota) Community, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 99-5083.
United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.
Oct. 12, 2000.
Mary J. Streitz, Dorsey & Whitney, LLP, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, for plaintiffs-appellants. Of counsel on the brief was Kurt Y. BlueDog, BlueDog, Olson & Small P.L.L.P., of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Charles F. Marshall, Attorney, Tax Division, Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, for defendant-appellee. With him on the brief were Loretta C. Argrett, Assistant Attorney General; and David English Carmack, Attorney.
James M. Schoessler, Jacobson, Buffalo, Schoessler & Magnuson, Ltd., of St. Paul,. Minnesota, for amici curiae, Lower Sioux Indian Community in Minnesota, et al.

Opinion:
ORDER
Circuit Judge DYK,
with whom Circuit Judges NEWMAN and PLAGER join,
dissents in a separate opinion.
A petition for rehearing en banc having been filed by the Appellee, and a response thereto having been invited by the Court and filed by the Appellants, and the matter having first been referred as a petition for rehearing to the panel that heard the appeal, and thereafter the petition for rehearing en banc and response having been referred to the circuit judges authorized to request a poll whether to rehear the appeal en banc, and a poll having been requested, taken, and failed,
IT IS ORDERED THAT:
(1) The petition for rehearing is denied.
(2) The petition for rehearing en banc is denied.
The mandate of the Court will issue on October 19, 2000.