All hopes of people died when the judge ruled the decision to open a game zone for community members of Aquinnah and to settle the land disputes of state territory to federal. In his ruling the Judge Saylor diminished all the castles of expectations, and imperiled the plans to plan any kind of gaming zone or opening the doors to gaming facility in Aquinnah. The subjected reasons include insufficient requisites and possessions of the community according to Indian Gaming Rights Act 1988 which subject to the development of an outline for any kind of sports activity or opening a setup for such activity accordingly on land of Aquinnah. The lower court decisions were challenged but Act did not support it to sustain with the appeal made.
The tribal cases are increasing with the passage of time in Federal courts of law and disputes are becoming a challenge to be resolved by these courts after trials. Previously the Ninth Circuit ruled in the month of March that the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians has a right to groundwater provided by the federal government in the Coachella Valley reservation in California. In the same month another ruling by a Federal Judge against Native American tribes declared to put a full stop to the construction of seeking to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline project. In another hearing, the Supreme Court heard the arguments to find the immunity of rights of employees placed accordingly to be within due rights and it does not harm them. In October 2016, the Federal judge ruled against the violation of voting procedure in Native American reservations by not conducting the polling at placed positions, according to Voting Right Act. Moreover a penalty of $492 million was charged by the former Presidential Administration to the mismanagement of natural belongings and tribal property in September 2016.