Legal Opinion
Rhode Island v. Narragansett Indian Tribe
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 25, 1994No. 93-1400PublishedCited by 209 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This appeal requires us to determine whether the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, 25 U.S.C. §§ 2701-2721, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1166-1168 (1988) (the Gaming Act), applies to lands now held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Narragansett Indian Tribe (the Tribe). This determination is tinged with more than the usual quotient of public interest, because the Tribe’s ability to import casino gambling into Rhode Island likely hangs in the balance. After careful reconnaissance of a littered legal landscape, we set aside the district court’s determination that the parties’…
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