Government’s Ruling Taking Tribe’s Land Out Of Trust Was Wrong, Judge Says

Mealey's (June 8, 2020, 1:24 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A 2018 ruling by the federal government reversing previous findings and holding that it cannot take land into trust for a Massachusetts Indian tribe was “arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, and contrary to law,” a District of Columbia federal judge determined June 5 in sending the dispute back to the government for a “thorough reconsideration and re-evaluation of the evidence” (Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe v. David Bernhardt, et al., No. 18-2242, D. D.C.)....