View the decision of the First Circuit Court of Appeals granting the Secretary of the Interior the right to take 31 acres in Charlestown into federal trust for the benefit of the Narragansett Indian Tribe.

View the brief of Governor Carcieri, the Attorney General, and the Town of Charlestown petitioning the Supreme Court for a Writ of Certiorari.

View the Amici Curiae brief of the Attorneys General of those states which support the petition to the Supreme Court for a Writ of Certiorari.

View the Amici Curiae brief of the Citizen's Equal Rights Foundation, Inc. and The RISC Foundation, Inc. which support the petition to the Supreme Court for a Writ of Certiorari.

View the brief of the Respondent, Solicitor General of the United States, opposing the petition to the Supreme Court for a Writ of Certiorari.

   
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