Judge Vacates Denial Of Land-Into-Trust Deal, Says DOI Violated APA

Mealey's (March 6, 2020, 1:03 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) wrongly denied a Michigan Indian tribe’s requests to take two parcels of land into trust so it can build casinos on the properties, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., found March 5 in overturning the agency’s ruling and remanding (Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians v. David L. Bernhardt, et al., No. 1:18-cv-2035, D. D.C., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 38237)....