Legal Opinion
State v. U.S. Dep't of the Interior
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 15, 2019No. Civil Action No.: 17-2564 (RC)PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUDOLPH CONTRERAS, United States District Judge
I. INTRODUCTION
Before this Court is the latest volley in a contentious, long-running battle over a stalled casino project in East Windsor, Connecticut. The state of Connecticut (the "State") and the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe claim that the United States Secretary of the Interior has unlawfully declined to approve an agreement that would allow them to begin constructing the casino. Defendants-the Secretary, the Department of the Interior, and MGM Resorts Global Development, LLC-argue that the Secretary has violated no law. Having failed to…
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