Legal Opinion
Robert B. Reich, Secretary of Labor v. Mashantucket Sand & Gravel, and Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 6, 1996No. 1722, Docket 95-4200PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge:
BACKGROUND
Mashantucket Sand & Gravel (“MSG”) is in the construction business. It is wholly owned and operated by the Mashantucket Pequot, a federally recognized Indian tribe. The Tribe has no treaty with the United States and maintains a reservation near Preston, Connecticut.
MSG employs approximately 100 people, both Indian and non-Indian. It works as an arm of the tribe, only on construction sites within the confines of its own reservation. The Tribal Council, the Tribe’s governing body, decides the priority of MSG’s construction jobs.
Among its various construction…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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