Anyone who has ever sat at a blackjack table until 3 a.m. understands the age-old adage that the house always wins. But with Foxwoods Resort Casino engaged in a union battle that could intrude on its long-held sovereignty, the house may come up the loser for once.
Foxwoods, owned by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe and represented by Kilpatrick Stockton, and the National Labor Relations Board are butting heads over whether or not the NLRB has jurisdiction on tribal land. It’s the latest teeter in the decades-old balancing of tribal sovereign rights and U.S. law. “Businesses that are owned and operated by governments may look and feel like commercial businesses, but they have certain rights as government entities,” says Jackson King, general counsel for the Mashantucket Pequot.
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