The county filed the suit in 2006, hoping to block the tribe’s plans for a second large-scale casino in the county. While the tribe’s press release says, “We are glad this suit is behind us, and we hope this puts to rest any speculation or doubt that we are not a federally recognized tribe,” Daly says the Court did not determine whether the lands are actually “Indian lands” that would be eligible for gaming, but limited its ruling only to the procedural question of whether the lawsuit should be heard now or later. The Court ruled that the County’s lawsuit was premature, but could be re-filed when and if the Department of Interior grants the Ione Band’s application to take the land into trust. The County is considering whether to appeal this procedural ruling but, according to Daly, remains committed to challenging any determination that these Plymouth-area lands can be used by the Ione Band for a large-scale casino operation.