355 F. Supp. 2d 1061 (N.D. Cal. 2005) Cited 62 times
Concluding that a letter by the NIGC that expressed the view that a set of agreements between a tribe and an outside developer provided the outside developer with an impermissible proprietary interest in the tribe's gaming activity was an "advisory opinion . . . that . . . has no legal effect because it is not a final decision of the agency"