MASHPEE WAMPANOAG TRIBE v. ZINKE et al

  1. March 31, 2020

    Mass. Tribe Wants Feds Barred From Taking Land Out Of Trust

    A Massachusetts tribe urged a D.C. federal court on Monday to issue a preliminary injunction to block the federal government from taking the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe's reservation lands "out of trust" and revoking its reservation proclamation, which the U.S. Department of the Interior has said it will do soon.

  2. October 01, 2019

    Mass. Tribe Faults DOI's Reading Of Statute In Casino Fight

    A Massachusetts tribe is fighting the U.S. government's bid for a quick win in the tribe's federal lawsuit challenging a decision not to hold land in trust for a casino, arguing the government ignored its own opinion and case law.

  3. August 19, 2019

    Mass. Tribe Says DOI Ignored Law In Trust Land Decision

    A Massachusetts tribe has urged a D.C. federal court to grant it a quick win in its suit claiming that the U.S. Department of the Interior ignored administrative precedent and case law when it decided not to hold land in trust for a casino.

  4. March 15, 2019

    Townsfolk Push To Send Tribe's Casino Suit To Mass.

    The Mashpee Wampanoag tribe's argument that a group of Massachusetts residents are forum-shopping by requesting a dispute over a proposed casino be transferred from the nation's capital to Massachusetts federal court is "the epitome of 'the pot calling the kettle black,'" the Bay Staters said Thursday.

  5. March 08, 2019

    Tribe Says Land-Into-Trust Dispute Should Stay In DC Court

    The Mashpee Wampanoag tribe on Thursday asked a D.C. federal court to keep its suit challenging the federal government's decision not to hold land in trust for the tribe so it can build a casino in Massachusetts, saying the dispute is not a local issue and belongs in the nation's capital.

  6. February 21, 2019

    Mass. Town Residents Can Intervene In Tribe's Casino Suit

    A D.C. federal judge on Thursday allowed residents of a Massachusetts town to intervene in the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe's suit protesting the U.S. government's decision not to hold land in trust for the tribe so it can build a casino, agreeing they have standing.

  7. September 28, 2018

    Mashpee Tribe Sues Again In Ongoing Land-Into-Trust Dispute

    A Massachusetts tribe fighting to have its land held in trust so it can build a casino has sued the U.S. Department of the Interior in D.C. federal court after the agency ruled for a second time that it did not meet the definition of a tribe under the Indian Reorganization Act.