Cayuga Nation v. Jacobs

OPINION OF THE COURT

Dennis F. Bender, J.

This court has multiple applications in front of it. The named plaintiffs are individual Cayuga Indians, a Cayuga Nation enterprise, and purportedly, the Cayuga Nation itself. The named defendants, as well as presumably the “John Does,” are also all individual Cayuga Indians. The complaint alleges causes of action for trespass, conversion, tortious interference with prospective business relations, replevin and ejectment. All of the actions revolve around an alleged illegal “take over” of the Nation’s offices, its two Lakeside Trading Facilities, and its…