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STATE OF CONN. EX REL. BLUMENTHAL v. BABBITT

Nos. 3:95CV849 (RNC), 3:95CV1211 (RNC).

26 F.Supp.2d 397 (1998)

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, ex rel. Richard BLUMENTHAL, Attorney General of the State of Connecticut, Plaintiff, v. Bruce BABBITT, Secretary of the Interior, United States of America, Defendant. TOWNS OF LEDYARD, NORTH STONINGTON, AND PRESTON, CONNECTICUT, Plaintiffs, v. The UNITED STATES of America, Bruce Babbitt, Secretary of the Department of the Interior, Ada Deer, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs, and Franklin Keel, Acting Area Director for the Eastern Area Office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

December 15, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Blumenthal, Attorney General, David H. Wrinn, Attorney General's Office, Environmental Department, Hartford, CT, for State of Connecticut, ex rel. Richard Blumenthal, Attorney General, plaintiff.

Robert L. Deitz, Benjamin S. Sharp, Donald C. Baur, Perkins Coie, Washington, DC, for Town of Ledyard, Town of North Stonington, Town of Preston, plaintiffs.

John B. Hughes, U.S. Attorney's Office, New Haven, CT, Barry W. Brandon, Joel D. Armstrong, Ann C. Juliano, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Div., Washington, DC, for U.S. Dept. of Interior, Bruce Babbitt, Secretary of the Dept. of Interior, defendant.

John B. Hughes, U.S. Attorney's Office, New Haven, CT, Barry W. Brandon, Joel D. Armstrong, Ann C. Juliano, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Div., Washington, DC, for Ada Deer, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs, defendant.

John B. Hughes, U.S. Attorney's Office, New Haven, CT, for U.S., Franklin Keel, Acting Area Director for the Eastern Area Office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, defendant.

RULING ON MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

CHATIGNY, District Judge.

In these consolidated actions, the State of Connecticut and three Connecticut towns challenge a decision of the Secretary of the Interior to take into trust, for the benefit of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe of Indians, 165 acres of land owned by the Tribe. Plaintiffs claim that the Connecticut Indians Land Claims Settlement Act (the "Settlement Act" or "Act"), 25 U.S.C. §§ 1751-60...

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