As part of Kathryn's Indian Gaming Law course this summer at UND School of Law, law students in the course will occasionally appear as guest bloggers on Indian Gaming Now.  Today's student guest blogger is third-year law student Meg Morley:

This is a very interesting article from the Cape Cod Times, and very relevant to our class discussion from Monday.

The Mashpee Wampanoag tribe, from Massachusetts, is in dispute over a proposed casino.  The tribe would like to use land held in trust to build a casino, and the state of Massachusetts is rejecting the tribe's proposal, citing the Supreme Court's decision in Carcieri v. Salazar, 129 S.Ct. 1058 (U.S. 2009).  Carcieri limits tribal usage of land held in trust for casinos to tribes recognized before 1934.

The Mashpee Wampanoags have proposed a rare "hybrid" approach to casinos, one which would benefit both the tribe and the state.

Read more in the Cape Cod Times

Link to Carcieri v. Salazar on Cornell's Legal Information Institute