Legal Opinion
Bingham v. Massachusetts
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 30, 2010No. 09-2049PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Chief Judge.
In 2008, plaintiffs Amelia Peters Bing-ham and her son, Steven, brought a Takings Clause claim against the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the Town of Mashpee, seeking just compensation and the return of some of the lands in Massachusetts they say were granted in perpetuity to their ancestors, the South Sea Indians, in deeds from 1665 and 1667.
Plaintiffs styled this claim as a class action on behalf of themselves and all similarly situated descendants of the South Sea Indians, now known as the Mashpee Wampanoag. The Mashpee Wampanoag have been a federally recognized tribe…
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