Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians v. Patchak
United States Supreme Court
132 S.Ct. 2199 (2012)
Relevant factsFree
The Secretary of the Interior, acting under authority granted by the Indian Reorganization Act (IRA), acquired land in trust for the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians to build a casino; David Patchak, who lived near the land, sued, arguing the Secretary lacked authority under the IRA to acquire it and alleging economic, environmental, and aesthetic harms from the proposed casino. The district court dismissed for lack of prudential standing, but the D.C. Circuit reversed, and the Supreme Court granted certiorari.
IssueFree
Whether prudential standing is satisfied when the injury asserted falls within the zone of interests to be protected or regulated by the statute in question.