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SEPTEMBER 27, 2000

The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation wants to expand its reservation with the addition of a 1,200 acre property known as Lake of Isles, but will wait on the issue until their current dispute over 165 acres is settled.

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday ruled that the Department of Interior could continue to take land into trust for the tribe. A district court had earlier ruled against the Interior, who then appealed the case.

Get the Ruling:
Connecticut v. Babbitt (Second Circuit Court of Appeals. No. 99-6042. September 2000)

Get the Story:
Plan To Add Lake Of Isles To Reservation 'In Limbo' (The New London Day 9/27)

Related Stories:
Does a Pequot empire await? (Tribal Law 9/27)
Towns want 'sloppy' legislation fixed (Tribal Law 9/27)
Residents want tribe to pay taxes (Tribal Law 9/27)
Court rules against anti-Pequot towns (Tribal Law 9/26)
Towns optimistic about Pequot suit (Tribal Law 06/15)

Relevant Links:
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals - www.law.pace.edu/lawlib/legal/us-legal/judiciary/second-circuit.html