ELR Citation: ELR 20165
No(s). 99-6042 (2d Cir. Sep 25, 2000)

The court holds that the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) is not proscribed from taking into trust for the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe of Connecticut land that the tribe purchased from outside an area defined by a settlement agreement between the tribe, the state, and the federal government. In 1...