Michigan group files appeal of land-into-trust case

Tuesday, May 24, 2005  

An anti-gaming group in Michigan filed an appeal of a land-into-trust case on Monday.

Taxpayers of Michigan Against Casinos (TOMAC) is suing the Bureau of Indian Affairs to block a land acquisition for the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians. The tribe plans to build a 144,000-square-foot casino on 675 acres.

A federal judge in March cleared the way for the BIA to take the land into trust but TOMAC is taking the case to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Get the Story:
Appeal filed in casino ruling (The South Bend Tribune 5/24)
Anti-casino group appeals dismissal of lawsuit (AP 5/23)