Supreme Court· 1/19/1981

Baker v. United States

Citations

449 U.S. 1111
49 U.S.L.W. 3515
66 L. Ed. 2d 839
101 S. Ct. 920
1981 U.S. LEXIS 536

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state law essentially prohibits gambling so it applies to reservation via Organized Crime Control Act of 1970, 18 U.S.C. § 1955 (1976)
“The test of causation under the FELA is whether the railroad’s negligence played any part, however small, in the injury which is the subject of the suit.”
“The Supreme Court in [Chicago & North Western ] held that [45 U.S.C. § 152 First] imposed a substantive duty on parties, enforceable by injunctive relief, to exert reasonable efforts during the negotiation process to reach an agreement.”
“[T]he clean hands issue” concerns “the merits” of the ease under consideration.
section 1955 applied to Indian operators of Indian country casinos

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