SAULT STE. MARIE TRIBE OF LAKE SUPERIOR v. U.S.

No. 1:99-CV-799.

78 F.Supp.2d 699 (1999)

SAULT STE. MARIE TRIBE OF LAKE SUPERIOR CHIPPEWA INDIANS, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, United States Department of the Interior, and Bruce Babbitt, Secretary of the Interior, Defendants, and Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Defendant-Intervenor.

United States District Court, W.D. Michigan, Southern Division.

December 14, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis B. Reinwasser, Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone, Lansing, MI, Steven C. Kahn, Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, PLC, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff.

Joan E. Meyer, Charles R. Gross, Edward J. Passarelli, U.S. Dept. of Justice Environment & Natural Resources, Washington, DC, James A. Bransky, Traverse City, MI, George Forman, for Defendants.

Kathryn L. Tierney, Brimley, Mi, for amicus Bay Mill Indian Community.


OPINION

ROBERT HOLMES BELL, District Judge.

Plaintiff Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians ("Sault Tribe") filed this action under the Administrative Procedure Act, challenging the Department of Interior's decision to accept certain property owned by the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians ("LTBB") into trust. This matter is currently before the Court on the Sault Tribe's motion for summary judgment and for preliminary/permanent...

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