SAN FRANCISCO – A Ninth Circuit panel on Wednesday upheld the federal government’s decision to take 40 acres into trust so a small Indian tribe can build a casino in California’s Yuba County, rejecting claims by larger tribes that the new enterprise will negatively affect their gaming revenue.
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