Legal Opinion
Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation v. Salazar
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 31, 2013No. Civil Action No. 2012-0058PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
EMMET G. SULLIVAN, District Judge.
Pending before the Court is a motion to dismiss or, in the alternative, to transfer, filed by defendants Kenneth Salazar, Secretary of the Interior, and Larry Echo-hawk, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs. 1 Upon consideration of the motion, the response and reply thereto, a brief filed by the State of Connecticut as Amicus Curiae, the entire record, and for the reasons stated below, defendants’ motion to dismiss is GRANTED.
I. BACKGROUND
In 1978, the Eastern Pequot Indians of Connecticut filed a letter of intent seeking federal…
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