NARRAGANSETT INDIAN TRIBE v. HENDRICKSON

  1. March 17, 2022

    Federal Judge Tosses Tribe's $30M Highway Project Suit

    A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has, at least for now, thrown out a Rhode Island tribe's $30 million lawsuit over damage to three important tribal sites during construction on a highway bridge.

  2. October 01, 2021

    Feds Seek Escape From $30M Tribal Highway Suit

    The federal government pushed for the dismissal of a Rhode Island tribe's $30 million suit over a tossed agreement to mitigate damage to four important tribal sites during a highway bridge construction project, arguing that the tribe lacks constitutional standing to bring its suit against the Federal Highway Administration.

  3. January 27, 2021

    RI Says Tribe's Suit Over Bridge Project 'Inefficient And Unfair'

    Rhode Island asked Tuesday to be dismissed from the Narragansett Tribe's "inefficient and unfair" challenge in D.C. district court to a bridge construction project on tribal land, arguing that claims against the state are duplicative of an old, defeated lawsuit from another district.

  4. July 23, 2020

    FHWA Must Face Tribe's Challenge To RI Bridge Construction

    The Narragansett Indian Tribe of Rhode Island can continue to pursue a claim that the Federal Highway Administration wrongly cancelled its agreement to transfer land to the tribe that would have mitigated a 2013 bridge project on historic tribal land.