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July 05, 2005 |

Cayuga Indian Nation of New York v. Pataki

$248 Million Award to Cayuga Nation Reversed; Laches Applies to Viable Indian Land Claims
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Jenner & Block Wins Ruling for Cauygas over Cigarette Sales
Publication Date: 2009-07-14
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For Native American tribes, cigarette sales are a huge source of revenue. So a decision issued on Friday by a state appellate court in New York declaring that the Cayuga Indian Nation can sell cigarettes tax free to non members is welcome news for all tribes in the state. Jenner & Block partner David DeBruin, an attorney for the Cayuga Nation, gave us some background on the case Tuesday.

July 01, 2005 |

2nd Circuit Reverses $248 Mil. Cayuga Award

A $248 million award to the Cayuga Indian Nation of New York for land dispossession more than 200 years ago has been reversed by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
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March 05, 2010 |

City of New York v. Golden Feather Smoke Shop, Inc.

Free With Registration: Circuit Certifies Question to State High Court on Sale of Untaxed Cigarettes on Reservation
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June 30, 2005 |

2nd Circuit Reverses $248 Million Cayuga Award

A $248 million award to the Cayuga Indian Nation of New York for land dispossession more than 200 years ago has been reversed by the 2nd Circuit. Citing a U.S. Supreme Court ruling released earlier this year, the circuit found that New York state must prevail because of the long delay by the Cayuga Nation in pursuing its claim for ejectment of the defendant land owners and repossession of its land. The action focused on land exempted from a 1789 treaty between the Cayugas and New York.
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October 16, 2001 |

200-Year-Old Land Dispute Nets $247.9 Million

A 200-year-old dispute over the ownership of a 64,000-acre tract of land in upstate New York has led to a $247.9 million judgment against the state of New York. A federal judge ordered the state to pay $211 million in interest on a $36.9 million verdict awarded to the Cayuga Indian Nation after the Cayugas charged that New York purchased the land two centuries earlier in violation of the U.S. Trade and Intercourse Act.
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September 18, 2007 |

Cases Highlight Unique Status of American Indian Lands

Damaris E. Torrent, an assistant deputy counsel at the New York State Judicial Institute, writes that the history of litigation relating to the status of American American Indian lands in New York has taken a number of twists and turns, with watershed cases reaching the U.S. Supreme Court on three notable occasions.
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April 20, 2010 |

United States v. Morrison

Racketeering Conviction Overturned Due to Ambiguity in State Law
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June 29, 2005 |

Circuit Reverses $248 Million Cayuga Award

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June 22, 2011 |

Conservatorship of Buchenau

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