April 28, 2025
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a Michigan tribe's arguments that the federal government must take 73 acres into trust for a casino venture outside Detroit, after it told the justices that without the decision its ability to achieve economic self-sufficiency would be forever impaired.
April 09, 2025
A Michigan tribe seeking to undo an order denying its bid to compel the federal government to take 73 acres into trust for a casino venture outside of Detroit says a Supreme Court rejection of its petition will have disastrous consequences for its members and other similarly situated tribes.
March 20, 2025
A Michigan tribe's analysis of a law governing the state's Indigenous land claims would allow it to purchase property anywhere and then compel the U.S. to take it into trust for its benefit, the Interior Department has told the Supreme Court, arguing the interpretation would render a bizarre result.
December 10, 2024
A Michigan tribe is asking the Supreme Court to overturn a decision that rejected its bid to compel the federal government to take land into trust for a casino venture outside Detroit, arguing that if the ruling is left to stand, it will forever impair its ability to achieve economic self-sufficiency.