Legal threat to U.P. casino is over.
ST. IGNACE -- The federal government will no longer fight an Indian tribe over a casino that opened in the Upper Peninsula in 2007.
The government had argued that the land where the Kewadin Shores casino was built didn't qualify under federal law. But a judge in August ruled in favor of the Sault Ste. Marie tribe of Chippewa Indians.
And this week, the government withdrew its appeal notice.
Tribe lawyer Bruce Greene says the $41 million casino has been operating in St.Ignace throughout the litigation. It replaces an older casino about 500 feet away.
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