When the Michigan Attorney General's office questioned the legality of the land transaction, the casino was quickly closed. The Bay Mills Vanderbilt casino may reopen after the completion of the current legal battle that has kept the casino closed. 19 the Bay Mills Indian Community and the State agreed to end the long court battle by dropping all existing litigation between the two parties and by imposing a five-year moratorium on the tribe's use of the Vanderbilt property.īack Full Page > Bay Mills Casino Vanderbiltīay Mills Vanderbilt casino plan returns to federal court However, since that time the Vanderbilt casino has remained closed since then due to a legal issue with the State as to whether the casino property was purchased with funding under the Michigan Indian Land Claims Settlement Act. That decision was overruled a few months later by the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati and affirmed by the U.S. Five months later a federal judge ruled the casino be shut down for not having state approval. The Bay Mills Casino in Vanderbilt opened November 3, 2010. Bay Mills Indians end fight with Michigan over Vanderbilt casinoīay Mills Indian Community and the State of Michigan have settled a decade-long court battle over the tribe's casino in Vanderbilt.
