MASSACHUSETTS v. WAMPANOAG TRIBE OF GAY HEAD

Civil Action No. 13-13286-FDS.

98 F.Supp.3d 55 (2015)

Commonwealth of MASSACHUSETTS, Plaintiff/Counterclaim-Defendant, and The Aquinnah/Gay Head Community Association, Inc. (AGHCA) and Town of Aquinnah, Intervenors/Plaintiffs, v. The WAMPANOAG TRIBE OF GAY HEAD (Aquinnah), The Wampanoag Tribal Council of Gay Head, Inc., and The Aquinnah Wampanoag Gaming Corporation, Defendants/Counterclaim-Plaintiffs, v. Charlie Baker, in his official capacity as Governor, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, et al., Third-Party Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

Signed February 27, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. Quarles, III , Felicia H. Ellsworth , Oramel H. Skinner, III , Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale and Dorr, LLP, Boston, MA, Ronald H. Rappaport , Michael A. Goldsmith , Reynolds Rappaport & Kaplan LLP, Edgartown, MA, for Intervenors/Plaintiffs.

Bryan F. Bertram , Carrie M. Benedon , Juliana Dehaan Rice , Office of Attorney General Martha Coakley, Boston, MA, for Plaintiff/Counterclaim-Defendant.

John J. Duffy , Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Washington, DC, Lael Echo-Hawk , Garvey Schubert Barer , Seattle, WA, Scott D. Crowell , Crowell Law Offices, Sedona, AZ, Bruce A. Singal , Elizabeth J. McEvoy , Donoghue, Barrett & Singal, PC, Boston, MA, for Defendants/Counterclaim Plaintiffs.

Carrie M. Benedon , Bryan F. Bertram , Juliana Dehaan Rice , Office of the Attorney General Martha Coakley, Boston, MA, for Third-Party Defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON MOTIONS TO DISMISS

This lawsuit involves a dispute between the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and a federally recognized Indian tribe concerning regulatory jurisdiction over civil gaming on Indian lands on Martha's Vineyard. The Wampanoag...

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