Middleborough voters gathered in July 2007 for an outdoor hearing and vote on tribal casino plans, which were approved.
(Globe Staff Photo / Wendy Maeda)
Ruling puts tribe hope for casino in doubt
US justices bar land trust tactic
Middleborough voters gathered in July 2007 for an outdoor hearing and vote on tribal casino plans, which were approved.
(Globe Staff Photo / Wendy Maeda)
The US Supreme Court delivered a crippling setback yesterday to the Mashpee Wampanoag in Massachusetts and many other tribes across the nation that are seeking to build casinos, ruling that the federal government cannot place land into trust for newly recognized tribes. (Full article: 926 words)
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