Mealey's ( February 16, 2023, 12:42 PM EST) -- BOSTON — Tribal sovereign immunity protects a Cape Cod Indian tribe from trespass and nuisance claims leveled by an island owner who accuses the tribe’s commercial shellfishing business of trashing the island and its private tidelands, the Massachusetts Appeals Court determined Feb. 15 in affirming dismissal of the property owner’s commonwealth court suit....