Legal Opinion
Oneida Indian Nation of NY v. State of NY
District Court, N.D. New York
Decided September 10, 1981No. 6:78-cv-00104PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM-DECISION AND ORDER
McCURN, District Judge.
During the past decade, Indian tribes have brought numerous lawsuits asserting claims to large tracts of land in the Northeast United States. 1 The actions have thus far involved challenges to the validity of treaties for the purchase of these lands entered into between the States and the Indian tribes subsequent to the adoption of the United States Constitution and after the enactment of the Nonintercourse Act in 1790, 25 U.S.C. § 177. In each instance the suits have been based upon a claim that the treaties were entered into in violation…
2Cases cited87 opinions
- Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- United Mine Workers of America v. GibbsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Scheuer v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Edelman v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Oneida Indian Nation of New York, Cross v. State of New York, Counties of Broome, Chenango, Cortland, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Oswego, Oneida, Onondaga, St. Lawrence and Tioga, Individually and as Class Representatives, Cross-Appellants. Oneida Indian Nation of Wisconsin and Oneida of the Thames Band, Plaintiffs- Cross-Appellees v. State of New York, Counties of Broome, Chenango, Cortland, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego, St. Lawrence and Tioga, New York, and Valentine Ryan, New York Electric & Gas Corp., St. Regis Paper Co., and Georgia Pacific Corp., Individually and as Class Representatives, Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1982
- Oneida Indian Nation of Wisconsin, Oneida of the Thames Band, the Houdenosaunee, Applicants-Intervenors-Appellants v. State of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984
- Oneida Indian Nation of New York State v. County of OneidaDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 2000
- Baptist Medical Center v. Singh (In Re Baptist Medical Center)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. New York · 1987
- Cayuga Indian Nation Ex Rel. Patterson v. CuomoDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1983
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