(September 7, 2017, 9:38 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals erred in finding that the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) repealed a prior statute’s grant of control over casino gaming in Massachusetts to the commonwealth, allowing an Indian tribe on Martha’s Vineyard to conduct a bingo operation on its land, the commonwealth and the town of Aquinnah, Mass, argue in separate U.S. Supreme Court petitions filed Aug. 8 (Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. The Wampanoag Tribe Of Gay Head [Aquinnah], et al., No. 17-215, U.S. Sup., 2017 U.S. S. Ct. Briefs LEXIS 2788, and Town of Aquinnah, Massachusetts, et al. v. The Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head [Aquinnah], et al., No. 17-216, U.S. Sup., 2017 U.S. S. Ct. Briefs LEXIS 2797)....