Legal Opinion
Oneida Indian Nation v. New York
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 31, 1988No. Nos. 1145, 1144 and 1146, Dockets 86-9052, 86-9072 and 86-9074PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:
This appeal requires consideration of the validity of two treaties under which New York purchased more than five million acres of land from the Oneida Indians in 1785 and 1788. The appeal is unusual because it requires a federal court, perhaps for the first time, to determine whether actions of a state violated the Articles of Confederation. These matters arise on an appeal by the Oneidas and other Indians from a judgment of the District Court for the Northern District of New York (Neal P. McCurn, Judge) dismissing their suit against the State of New York and…
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