Narragansett Indian v. State of Rhode Islan

(with whom TOR RUE L LA, Circuit Judge, joins), dissenting.

In an apparent attempt to limit the scope of its holding, the majority claims to rest its decision “squarely on [the] idiosyncratic features” of the Narragansett Tribe’s relationship with the State of Rhode Island. Then, in an effort that belies this narrow approach, the majority engages in a lengthy analysis of “the general body of Indian law” to support its idiosyncratic holding. Along the way, it repudiates two of our precedents to varying degrees. Respectfully, neither the majority’s characterization of this case as idiosyncratic…