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MASSACHUSETTS v. WAMPANOAG TRIBE OF GAY HEAD

Civil Action No. 13-13286-FDS.

98 F.Supp.3d 55 (2015)

Commonwealth of MASSACHUSETTS, Plaintiff/Counterclaim-Defendant, and The Aquinnah/Gay Head Community Association, Inc. (AGHCA) and Town of Aquinnah, Intervenors/Plaintiffs, v. The WAMPANOAG TRIBE OF GAY HEAD (Aquinnah), The Wampanoag Tribal Council of Gay Head, Inc., and The Aquinnah Wampanoag Gaming Corporation, Defendants/Counterclaim-Plaintiffs, v. Charlie Baker, in his official capacity as Governor, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, et al., Third-Party Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

Signed February 27, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. Quarles, III, Felicia H. Ellsworth, Oramel H. Skinner, III, Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale and Dorr, LLP, Boston, MA, Ronald H. Rappaport, Michael A. Goldsmith, Reynolds Rappaport & Kaplan LLP, Edgartown, MA, for Intervenors/Plaintiffs.

Bryan F. Bertram, Carrie M. Benedon, Juliana Dehaan Rice, Office of Attorney General Martha Coakley, Boston, MA, for Plaintiff/Counterclaim-Defendant.

John J. Duffy, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Washington, DC, Lael Echo-Hawk, Garvey Schubert Barer, Seattle, WA, Scott D. Crowell, Crowell Law Offices, Sedona, AZ, Bruce A. Singal, Elizabeth J. McEvoy, Donoghue, Barrett & Singal, PC, Boston, MA, for Defendants/Counterclaim Plaintiffs.

Carrie M. Benedon, Bryan F. Bertram, Juliana Dehaan Rice, Office of the Attorney General Martha Coakley, Boston, MA, for Third-Party Defendants.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON MOTIONS TO DISMISS

This lawsuit involves a dispute between the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and a federally recognized Indian tribe concerning regulatory jurisdiction over civil gaming on Indian lands on Martha's Vineyard. The Wampanoag...

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