Legal Opinion
Cayuga Indian Nation of New York v. Pataki
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 1, 2005No. Docket 02-6111(L), 02-6130(CON), 02-6140(CON), 02-6200(CON), 02-6211(CON), 02-6219(CON), 02-6301(CON), 02-6131(XAP), 02-6151(XAP)PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge.
We are here confronted by land, claims of historic vintage — the wrongs alleged ocr curred over two hundred years ago, and this action is itself twenty-five years old— which we must adjudicate against a legal *268backdrop that has evolved since the District Court’s rulings. The United States District Court for the Northern District of New York (Neil P. McCurn, Judge), determined (1) that treaties between the Cayuga Nation and the State of New York in 1795 and 1807 were not properly ratified by the federal government and were thus invalid under the Nonintercourse…
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