Legal Opinion
Penobscot Nation v. Mills
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 30, 2017No. 16-1424PPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
The Penobscot Nation (the “Nation”) filed suit in federal court against the State of Maine and various state officials (the “State Defendants”), claiming rights as to a 60-mile stretch of the Penobscot River, commonly known as the “Main Stem.” The United States intervened in support of the Nation. Private interests, towns, and other political entities, whom we shall call the “State Intervenors,” intervened in support of the State Defendants’ position.
The district court, on cross-motions for summary judgment, made two rulings: (1) “[T]he Penobscot Indian Reservation as…
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