Opinion ID: 5141755
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: The BIA’s Standing As Trustee of the MA-8 Land

Text: First, both Mill Bay and Wapato Heritage appeal the district court’s conclusion that MA-8 remains held in trust by the United States. At the outset, they dispute the district court’s preliminary finding that Mill Bay is precluded from advancing this argument due to judicial and landlord-tenant estoppel. And on the merits, Mill Bay and Wapato Heritage reject the district court’s ruling that the United States still holds MA-8 in trust. As Mill Bay and Wapato Heritage would have it, MA-8 is no longer trust land, depriving the BIA of standing to bring a trespass claim on the IA’s behalf and seek Mill Bay’s ejectment from MA-8. We deal first GRONDAL V. UNITED STATES 21 with the estoppel issue and then proceed to the merits of Mill Bay and Wapato Heritage’s argument that MA-8 is no longer held in trust.
Jurisdiction: This Court Must Determine the BIA’s