Eastern Cherokees Lose Bid To Halt Land-Into-Trust Deal For Catawba Tribe’s Casino

Mealey's (May 6, 2020, 12:06 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians tribe failed to show that it will be irreparably harmed if the United States takes 16 acres in North Carolina into trust for another tribe so it can build a revenue-generating casino, a District of Columbia federal judge ruled April 30 in denying the Cherokee tribe’s request for a preliminary injunction (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians v. U.S. Department of the Interior, et al., No. 20-757, D. D.C., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 76113)....