Appeals Court Opens Door For BA Casino
Court overturns order halting Broken Arrow casino
By ROBERT BOCZKIEWICZ and LENZY KREHBIEL-BURTON World Correspondents
DENVER — An appeals court Monday overturned a court order that halted construction of a casino in Broken Arrow.
But the future of the proposed Red Clay Casino at Florence (111th) Street and Olive (129th East) Avenue isn’t immediately clear.
The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 3-0 against the state of Oklahoma, which obtained the order halting the casino in 2012 from U.S. District Judge Gregory Frizzell in Tulsa.
“The State is clearly precluded … from suing the defendant tribal officials in federal court for purported violations of the Tribal-State Gaming Compact,” the judges wrote in a 22-page decision.