Penobscot Nation:  Review Needed For 1st Circuit’s Divided Reservation Ruling

Mealey's (March 28, 2022, 11:04 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The en banc First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals went against U.S. Supreme Court precedents on interpreting statutes when it ruled that the reservation of the Penobscot Indian Nation in Maine does not include the waters of the Penobscot River, so high court review is needed, the tribe says in a reply brief filed the day before the Supreme Court’s March 23 distribution of the consolidated case for conference....

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