Martha’s Vineyard Land Dispute Fails To Clear Certiorari Hurdle

(November 29, 2016, 10:57 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 28 denied a petition for certiorari filed by two property owners on Martha’s Vineyard who sought review of a Massachusetts court ruling that there is enough evidence, including tribal custom, to show that easements to their landlocked properties were not intended when the land was partitioned more than a century ago from Native American common land (Maria A. Kitras, et al. v. Town of Aquinnah, et al., No. 16-381, U.S. Sup.)....

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