In 1980, the State of Maine reached a settlement with the Passamaquoddy Tribe and two other tribes regarding these tribes' land claims against the state. We agree with the Superior Court that the Albany land is not yet Indian territory, and we affirm the judgment. § 6205 (1996) and therefore concluded, as a matter of law, that a proposed high stakes bingo facility could not be built on that parcel. The court concluded that the parcel was not "Indian territory" as defined by 30 M.R.S.A. The Passamaquoddy Tribe and the Land Use Regulation Commission appeal from a judgment entered in the Superior Court (Kennebec County, Humphrey, J.) vacating LURC's approval of the Tribe's application for the rezoning of a parcel of land in Albany Township. Attorney General (orally), Augusta, defendant for LURC.īefore CLIFFORD, RUDMAN, DANA, and SAUFLEY, JJ. Goodwin, Drummond Woodsum & MacMahon, Portland, for defendant Passamaquoddy Tribe.Īndrew Ketterer, Attorney General, Jeffrey Pidot, Asst. Paterson, Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson, P.A., Portland, for plaintiffs. *388 Jeffrey Rosenblatt (orally), Berman & Simmons, P.A., Lewiston, Margaret D.
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