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Littlefield, et al v. Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribe
Case Number:
16-2484
Court:
Nature of Suit:
Government Agencies
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February 28, 2020
1st Circ. Says DOI Misread Law In Tribal Casino Land Ruling
The First Circuit on Thursday upheld a Massachusetts district judge's ruling that blocked the Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribe's casino plans, saying the U.S. Department of the Interior wrongly interpreted the Indian Reorganization Act when it took a parcel of land into trust for the project.
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February 05, 2020
1st Circ. Suggests Ambiguous Law Drove Tribal Casino Ruling
The First Circuit on Wednesday suggested there may be ambiguity in the language of the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, which led to a federal judge's ruling that the U.S. Department of the Interior could not take land into trust for a Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribe casino project.
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December 12, 2019
Mass. Residents Tell 1st Circ. Land Trust Bid Rightly Blocked
Residents of a Massachusetts city pressed the First Circuit on Wednesday to affirm a federal judge's ruling that found the U.S. Department of the Interior lacked authority to take land into trust for a Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribe casino project.
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November 05, 2019
Judge Misused 'Such' In Denying Tribe's Casino, 1st Circ. Told
The Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribe told the First Circuit in a brief filed Monday that a federal judge was wrong to say the U.S. Department of the Interior lacked the authority to take land into trust for the tribe's casino project, saying his decision stemmed from a misreading of the word "such" in a law's text.
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September 04, 2019
Tribe, Mass. Residents Battle Over Trust Land Bid In 1st Circ.
The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and residents of a Massachusetts town traded blows in the First Circuit over whether the U.S. Department of the Interior’s 2018 decision not to take land into trust for the tribe’s casino project mooted the tribe’s appeal over an earlier DOI ruling.
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October 10, 2018
Mass. Residents Blast Tribe's Stay Bid In 1st Circ. Trust Row
A group of Taunton, Massachusetts, residents urged the First Circuit on Tuesday to reject the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe's request to pause its appeal of a decision that the tribe is ineligible to have land taken into trust for a casino project, saying it was well past time to resolve the long-dormant proceedings.
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September 28, 2018
Mashpee Tribe Sues Again In Ongoing Land-Into-Trust Dispute
A Massachusetts tribe fighting to have its land held in trust so it can build a casino has sued the U.S. Department of the Interior in D.C. federal court after the agency ruled for a second time that it did not meet the definition of a tribe under the Indian Reorganization Act.