Legal Opinion

Vacco v. HARRAH'S OPERATING COMPANY, INC.

District Court, N.D. New York

Decided September 28, 2009No. 07-CV-663PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DECISION & ORDER

THOMAS J. McAVOY, Senior District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiffs commenced this action “to enforce a money-judgment (the ‘Judgment’) for $1,787,000,000, plus interest and costs, issued by a Native American tribal court against non-Native Americans.” Compl. ¶ 6. The Judgment was issued on default in the Tribal Court of the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe on March 20, 2001. Id. ¶¶ 11-22. Two prior actions commenced in this Court concerned the same judgment. The first, Park Place Entertainment Corp., et al. v. Arquette, et al., 00-CV-0863 (“Arquette I ” or “the Injunction Action”),…

2Cases cited35 opinions

  1. Digital Equipment Corp. v. Desktop Direct, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1994
  2. Hallock v. StateNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
  3. R.G. Group, Inc., and R.G. Restaurant Associates v. The Horn & Hardart Company, and Bojangles' of America, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984
  4. United States v. SandovalSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
  5. Mary Ellen Winston v. Mediafare Entertainment Corporation, Gallavants, Inc., and Ralph SmithCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1986

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Ocasio v. Six Flags Great Escape, L.P.District Court, N.D. New York · 2022
  2. Smith v. Home Depot U.S.A., Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 2024

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