'The judge's ruling is exactly what we've been telling the tribe - and their attorneys, and their officials - is going to happen,' Ibold said. Ibold said that was a result of the tribe failing to submit documents that were required by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, was ordered by an Ingham County Circuit Court judge to pay the investors group nearly $89 million.Īttorney Dennis Ibold, a member of the investors group, said they filed the lawsuit after a deal with the gaming authority to build new casinos in metro Detroit and Lansing fell apart. The authority, which operates under the Sault Ste. Kewadin Casinos Gaming Authority was dealt a losing hand in court Thursday in a nearly ten-year dispute with former investors.
