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SAULT STE. MARIE TRIBE OF CHIPPEWA v. HAALAND

No. 20-5123 Consolidated with 20-5125, 20-5127, 20-5128.

25 F.4th 12 (2022)

SAULT STE. MARIE TRIBE OF CHIPPEWA INDIANS, Appellee v. Debra A. HAALAND, in Her Official Capacity as Secretary of the Interior and United States Department of the Interior, Appellants Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 4, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Erika B. Kranz , Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for federal appellants. With her on the briefs were Jonathan D. Brightbill , Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Eric Grant , Deputy Assistant Attorney General, and John Smeltzer , Attorney.

Pratik A. Shah argued the cause for non-federal appellants. With him on the briefs were William A. Szotkowski , Leah K. Jurss , and Merrill C. Godfrey .

Michael A. Carvin , William D. Coglianese , Ian Heath Gershengorn , and Zachary C. Schauf were on the briefs for appellants MGM Grand Detroit, LLC, et al.

Danielle Spinelli argued the cause for appellees. With her on the brief were Kelly P. Dunbar and Kevin M. Lamb .

Samuel F. Daughety was on the brief for amici curiae Professors Alexander T. Skibine, Richard B. Collins, and Robert J. Miller in support of appellees.

Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge Henderson.

This case involves a dispute about whether land acquired by the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians ("Tribe") must be taken into trust by the Department of the Interior. The Tribe purchased the Sibley Parcel with interest from its Self-Sufficiency Fund and sought to have the land taken into trust with a view to establishing...

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