Mealey's (February 28, 2020, 1:53 PM EST) -- BOSTON — The First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Feb. 27 affirmed that the federal government does not have the authority under the Indian Reorganization Act (IRA) to take land into trust so a Massachusetts Indian tribe can build a casino based on “the plain meaning of the IRA’s text” (David Littlefield, et al. v. Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribe, et al., No. 16-2484, 1st Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 6007)....