Legal Opinion
Narragansett Indian Tribe v. RI Dep't of Transportation
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 30, 2018No. 17-1951PPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KAYATTA, Circuit Judge.
The Narragansett Indian Tribe (the "Tribe") appeals the district court's dismissal of its complaint against a handful of federal and Rhode Island agencies concerning a highway bridge reconstruction over historic tribal land. At base, the Tribe contends that the state of Rhode Island broke a promise made to the Tribe. Because this is not the type of claim federal courts may adjudicate, we affirm the district court's dismissal of the complaint.
*28 I.
We take the facts as described by the Tribe in its complaint. See Ocasio-Hernández v. Fortuño-Burset , 640 F.3d 1 , 5 (1st Cir.…
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