Seneca Constitutional Rights Organization v. George

CURTIN, District Judge.

Alleging violations of 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 to 1987 1 and 25 U.S.C. § 1302(5) and (8), the plaintiffs seek declaratory and injunctive relief and monetary damages against named officials of the Seneca Nation of Indians [hereinafter referred to as “the Seneca defendants”], and against the Fisher-Price Toys Division of the Quaker Oats Company [hereinafter referred to as “Fisher-Price”].

In a decision entered May 25, 1972, 348 F.Supp. 48, the court denied the plaintiffs’ application for a preliminary injunction. The court also held that congressional enactment of 25 U.S.C. §…