Case: 1:25-cv-15406 Document #: 43-1 Filed: 01/30/26 Page 1 of 17 PageID #:367
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
COINBASE FINANCIAL MARKETS, INC.,
Civil Action No.: 1:25-cv-15406
District Judge Martha M. Pacold
Plaintiff,
v. KWAME RAOUL, et al. Defendants.
January 30, 2026 BRIEF OF INDIAN GAMING ASSOCIATION, NATIONAL CONGRESS OF AMERICAN INDIANS, ARIZONA INDIAN GAMING ASSOCIATION, CALIFORNIA NATIONS INDIAN GAMING ASSOCIATION, MINNESOTA INDIAN GAMING ASSOCIATION, OKLAHOMA INDIAN GAMING ASSOCIATION, WASHINGTON INDIAN GAMING ASSOCIATION, UNITED SOUTH AND EASTERN TRIBES SOVEREIGNTY PROTECTION FUND, NATIONAL TRIBAL GAMING COMMISSIONERS AND REGULATORS, NATIVE AMERICAN FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, TRIBAL ALLIANCE OF SOVEREIGN INDIAN NATIONS, SAN MANUEL GAMING AND HOSPITALITY AUTHORITY, AND 23 FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED INDIAN TRIBES AS AMICI CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS INTRODUCTION The Indian Gaming Association (“IGA”), National Congress of American Indians (“NCAI”), Arizona Indian Gaming Association (“AIGA”), California Nations Indian Gaming Association (“CNIGA”), Minnesota Indian Gaming Association (“MIGA”), Oklahoma Indian Gaming Association (“OIGA”), Washington Indian Gaming Association (“WIGA”), United South and Eastern Tribes Sovereignty Protection Fund (“USET SPF”), National Tribal Gaming Commissioners and Regulators (“NTGCR”), Native American Finance Officers Association (“NAFOA”), Tribal Alliance of Sovereign Indian Nations (“TASIN”), San Manuel Gaming and Hospitality Authority (“SMGHA”), and 23 federally recognized Indian tribes (“Amici Tribes”) 1
1 The Amici Tribes include: Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians; Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria; Elk Valley Rancheria; Enterprise Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California; Karuk Tribe; Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas; Lytton Rancheria; Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation; Mescalero Apache Tribe; Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut; Morongo Band of
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