Federal Judge Turns Back Challenge To Land Deal For California Tribe’s Casino

(October 14, 2019, 2:53 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A challenge by residents and an advocacy group in California to the United States’ decision to take land into trust so an Indian tribe can build a casino at the site failed when a federal judge on Oct. 7 awarded the government and tribe summary judgment (Stand Up For California!, et al. v. U.S. Department of Interior, et al., No. 1:17-cv-00058, D. D.C., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 173441)....