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MASHPEE TRIBE v. WATT

Civ. A. No. 81-3205-S.

542 F.Supp. 797 (1982)

MASHPEE TRIBE, et al., Plaintiffs, v. James G. WATT, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

June 30, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Hahn, Hahn & Matkov, Boston, Mass., for plaintiffs.

Thomas R. Kiley, Paul A. Matthews, Howard Palmer, Asst. Attys. Gen., Boston, Mass., for Comm./Mass.

James D. St. Clair, Hale & Dorr, Boston, Mass., for Town of Mashpee.

David W. Pyne, Hyannis, Mass., for defendants Bowes and Weekes.

Charles E. Dow, Boston, Mass., for defendant Nye.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

SKINNER, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, on their own behalf and on behalf of the Mashpee tribe, bring this action to recover tribal lands allegedly conveyed by their ancestors in violation of the Constitution and federal statutes.1 They allege that the United States Government, in failing to approve or prevent the conveyances, violated its trust responsibility to the Mashpee Indians, thereby depriving the plaintiffs...

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