HOA’s Covenants Don’t Attach To Tribal Land Taken Into Trust, Federal Judge Says

(February 15, 2024, 8:37 AM EST) -- GREEN BAY, Wis.— Restrictive covenants adopted by a homeowners association were preempted by federal law when several parcels of land within the association were purchased by a member of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin and later transferred to the United States to be held in trust on behalf of the tribe, a Wisconsin federal judge found in dismissing the association’s action for judicial review....