15 U.S.C. § 1176
Penalties
Whoever violates any of the provisions of sections 1172, 1173, 1174, or 1175 of this title shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1973–1999 · leading case: UNITED STATES of Am., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. THE SPOKANE TRIBE OF INDIANS, Defendant-Appellant, 139 F.3d 1297 (9th Cir. 1998).
UNITED STATES of Am., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. THE SPOKANE TRIBE OF INDIANS, Defendant-Appellant, 139 F.3d 1297 (9th Cir. 1998). “We note, however, that even if the Tribe did violate the Johnson Act, the two sections enforcing its provisions, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1176 and 1177, call for fines, imprisonment and confiscation of gambling devices as remedies.”
United States v. Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, 369 F. Supp. 562 (D. Mont. 1973). “§ 1176 , that is a matter between the owner or possessor of the machines and the United States to be resolved in the United States Courts and is not a matter over which the tribal court has any jurisdiction. I have considered the claim of judicial immunity.”
United States v. 1020 Elec. Gambling MacHines, 38 F. Supp. 2d 1219 (E.D. Wash. 1999). “In Spokane Tribe, the circuit court made the following comment about that Act: [E]ven if the Tribe did violate the Johnson Act, the two sections enforcing its provisions, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1176 and 1177, call for fines, imprisonment and confiscation of gambling devices as remedies.”
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