February 07, 2024
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.
November 01, 2023
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.
July 31, 2023
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.
June 01, 2023
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.