1st Circuit Reverses, Says Tribe Can Conduct Gaming On Martha’s Vineyard

Mealey's (April 11, 2017, 2:56 PM EDT) -- BOSTON — An Indian tribe on Martha’s Vineyard, Mass., can conduct gaming on its land because the tribe exercises sufficient government power under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA), and the IGRA repealed a statute that granted control over gaming to the commonwealth, the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals determined April 10 in reversing a trial court ruling against the tribe (Commonwealth of Massachusetts, et al. v. The Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head [Aquinnah], et al., No. 16-1137, 1st Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 6148)....