MASHPEE WAMPANOAG TRIBE v. BERNHARDT

Civil Action No. 18-2242 (PLF).

466 F.Supp.3d 199 (2020)

MASHPEE WAMPANOAG TRIBE, Plaintiff, v. David BERNHARDT, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Interior, et al., Defendants, and David Littlefield, et al., Defendant-Intervenors.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

Signed June 5, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth John Pfaehler , Samuel F. Daughety , Suzanne R. Schaeffer , V. Heather Sibbison , Tami Lyn Azorsky , Dentons US LLP, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff.

Sara E. Costello , U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Defendants.

Andrew Kim , Goodwin Procter LLP, Washington, DC, David H. Tennant , Law Office of David Tennant PLLC, Rochester, NY, for Defendant-Intervenors.


OPINION

This case involves a challenge to a decision of the Secretary of the Interior determining that the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe (the "Tribe" or "Mashpee") did not meet either the first or second definition of "Indian" in the Indian Reorganization Act ("IRA") because the Tribe was not ...

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