TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt has filed a federal lawsuit to block plans by the Quapaw Tribe in northeast Oklahoma to expand a casino across the state line.

The lawsuit filed by Schmidt this week challenges a decision in November by the National Indian Gaming Commission to clear the way for casino games on 124 acres in Cherokee County in southeast Kansas.

Schmidt contends the commission exceeded its legal authority.

A spokesman said the commission hasn’t seen the lawsuit.

The tribe bought the land in 2006 for a parking lot for its Downstream Casino Resort across the state line. It later asked the federal government to allow gambling there and wants to expand its casino.

Meanwhile, the Kansas Lottery is reviewing three applications for a state-owned casino in the area.