11/29/22
¡ HYPOTHETICAL: ¡ Gaming Commissioners revoke an employee’s gaming license. ¡ Revoked licensee sues Gaming Commissioners in their individual, personal capacities. ¡ Gaming Commissioners move to dismiss the suit on sovereign immunity grounds, arguing that the revocation action was taken in their official capacity as Gaming Commissioners and within the scope of their delegated authority. ¡ Tribe’s gaming ordinance specifically authorizes Gaming Commissioners to make licensing determinations, including suspensions and revocations. ¡ How should the court rule?
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¡ Under these circumstances, the court should dismiss the suit because: ¡ 1) The revocation was an official act of the Gaming Commission and performed by the Gaming Commissioners in their official capacities; and ¡ 2) The revocation action was taken pursuant to the Gaming Commissioners’ authority under the gaming ordinance to suspend and revoke gaming licenses.
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