California County Loses Challenge To Taking Of Land Into Trust For Tribal Casino

Mealey's (April 17, 2018, 12:01 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — On the second time around before the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, a California Indian tribe was victorious April 13 in its effort to acquire land for a casino, with an appellate panel holding that there is sufficient evidence to establish the tribe’s cultural and historical connections to the property at issue (Butte County, California, v. Jonodev Osceola Chaudhuri, et al., No. 16-5240, D.C. Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 9216)....