United States Supreme Court
Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians v. Patchak, 11-246
In a suit brought under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) challenging a deal to take into trust on the Tribe's behalf a tract of land for gaming purposes, under the Indian Reorganization Act (IRA), 25 U.S.C. section 465, and alleging a variety of economic, environmental, and aesthetic harms as a result of the Tribe's proposed use of the property to operate a casino, the D.C. Circuit's rulings are affirmed where: 1) the US has waived its sovereign immunity from plaintiff's suit; and 2) plaintiff has prudential standing to challenge the Secretary of Interior's acquisition of the land.
Appellate Information
- Decided 06/18/2012
- Published 06/18/2012
Judges
- KAGAN
Court
- United States Supreme Court