Littlefield, et al v. US Dept of the Interior, et al

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Case overview

Case Number:

23-1197

Court:

Appellate - 1st Circuit

Nature of Suit:

2899 Other Statutes

Government Agencies

  1. February 07, 2024

    Mass. Residents Want High Court To Undo Tribe's Land Grant

    A group of Massachusetts residents are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a ruling that allowed the U.S. Department of the Interior to take 321 acres into trust for the development of a billion-dollar tribal hotel and casino, arguing that a lower court ignored precedent in determining that the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe is under federal jurisdiction.

  2. November 01, 2023

    1st Circ. Upholds Mass. Tribe's Casino Land Grant

    A First Circuit panel has decided it won't undo a federal court's decision letting the U.S. Department of the Interior take 321 acres into trust for a Massachusetts tribe to develop a billion-dollar casino and hotel, saying objections from local residents that rely on a 2009 precedent rest on faulty premises.

  3. July 31, 2023

    Mass. Tribe, Feds Press 1st Circ. To Affirm Casino Land Grant

    The Biden administration is backing a Massachusetts tribe that wants to build a $1 billion casino development on government trust land, telling the First Circuit that its decision to acquire the sprawling site was based on a "well-reasoned analysis" of the tribe's historical identity.

  4. June 01, 2023

    Mass. Residents Renew Bid To Halt Casino Development

    A group of Massachusetts residents has asked the First Circuit to take another look at a district court's decision allowing the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe to begin development of a casino on a land trust within the towns of Mashpee and East Taunton.