JAMES v. WAMPANOAG TRIBAL COUNCIL OF GAY HEAD


23 Mass. App. Ct. 122 (1986)

499 N.E.2d 1213

FRANK B. JAMES & others vs. WAMPANOAG TRIBAL COUNCIL OF GAY HEAD, INC. (and a companion case).

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

November 12, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Hahn (Robert C. Hahn with him) for the plaintiffs.

Henry J. Sockbeson of the District of Columbia for the defendant.

Present: GREANEY, C.J., BROWN, & FINE, JJ.


GREANEY, C.J.

The plaintiffs in these two consolidated actions claim to be Wampanoag Indians. They have brought an action in the Probate Court and another in the Superior Court in Suffolk County, alleging several violations of State law, against the Wampanoag Tribal Council of Gay Head, Inc. (Council). The Council is representing the Gay Head Indian tribe in other litigation before the United States District Court...

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