Littlefield et al v. United States Department of the Interior

  1. January 28, 2022

    Mass. Residents Can't Reopen Suit To Stop DOI Land Trust

    A federal judge in Boston has rejected a bid by residents of a Massachusetts city to reopen their claims against the U.S. Department of the Interior over its taking of land into trust for the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe's proposed casino project.

  2. January 04, 2022

    Mass. Residents Renew Bid To Stop DOI Mashpee Land Trust

    Residents of a Massachusetts city have asked a D.C. federal court to reopen their claims against the U.S. Department of the Interior over its taking of land into trust for the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe's proposed casino project.

  3. June 28, 2017

    Mass. Tribe Pulls Casino Land-Into-Trust Bid From DOI

    The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe said Tuesday that it has called a halt to its bid to have the U.S. Department of the Interior reconsider whether the agency can hold tribe-owned land intended for a casino project in trust, pinning the tribe's hopes to revive the plan on a First Circuit appeal.

  4. October 14, 2016

    Mass. Tribe Sees 'Path Forward' For Casino With New Ruling

    A Massachusetts federal judge has given the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe's casino plans "a legal path forward," in the words of the tribe's chairman, after the judge clarified an earlier decision that shot down the federal government's attempt to re-establish reservation land.

  5. September 23, 2016

    Tribe Joins Mass. Residents' Trust Land Fight Over Casino

    The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe received permission on Friday to step into a lawsuit in which a federal judge recently ruled in favor of a group of Massachusetts residents by holding that the U.S. Department of the Interior was wrong to take land into trust for the tribe's planned casino.

  6. September 15, 2016

    Mass. Residents Urge Judge To Stay Firm In Trust Land Fight

    A group of Massachusetts residents blasted the U.S. Department of the Interior's bid to have a federal judge rethink part of a ruling that held it should not have taken land into trust for the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe's planned casino, saying Wednesday the agency continued to "exhibit difficulty with reading comprehension."

  7. September 02, 2016

    Tribe Says Its Bid To Join Trust Land Fight Isn't A Ploy

    The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe on Thursday blasted a group of Massachusetts residents' contention that it made a calculated move by waiting to ask to join a lawsuit until after a federal judge ruled the U.S. Department of the Interior was wrong to take land into trust for the tribe's planned casino.

  8. August 30, 2016

    Casino Opponents Slam Tribe's Bid To Join Trust Land Fight

    A group of Massachusetts residents whom a federal judge recently favored by holding that the U.S. Department of the Interior was wrong to take land into trust for the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe's planned casino said on Monday that the tribe should not be allowed to join their lawsuit fighting the agency's decision.

  9. August 24, 2016

    DOI Wants Redo In Trust Land Fight Over Planned Casino

    The U.S. Department of the Interior asked a Massachusetts federal judge on Wednesday to rethink part of his recent conclusion that the agency was wrong to take land into trust for the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe’s planned casino, saying that the scope of the ruling went too far.

  10. August 16, 2016

    Tribe Looks To Join Trust Land Fight Over Its Planned Casino

    The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe asked to join a lawsuit in which a Massachusetts federal judge recently ruled the U.S. Department of the Interior misinterpreted the Indian Reorganization Act in finding it had the authority to take land into trust for the tribe's planned casino, saying on Monday it wants to appeal that decision.