Law360, New York (January 05, 2012, 1:08 PM ET) -- On Dec. 12, 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petitions of the Secretary of the Interior and the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians (the Tribe) to review the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals decision in Patchak v. Salazar, 632 F.3d 702 (D.C. Cir. 2011). The Secretary, pursuant to his authority under the Indian Reorganization Act (IRA), had accepted 147 acres of fee land in Wayland Township, Mich., into trust on behalf of the Tribe in 2009 for gaming purposes.
Patchak, a neighboring land owner, sued...
Patchak V. Salazar — An Important Fee-To-Trust Opinion
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