Legal Opinion
Sue/Perior Concrete & Paving, Inc. v. Lewiston Glof Course Corporation
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 25, 2014No. 196PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Pigott, J.
Defendant Lewiston Golf Course Corporation (Lewiston Golf) is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of the Seneca Nation of Indians, a federally recognized Indian tribe. We are asked to decide whether that corporation is protected from suit by the Seneca Nation’s sovereign immunity. Applying the factors set out in Matter of Ransom v St. Regis Mohawk Educ. & Community Fund (86 NY2d 553 [1995]), we hold that it is not.
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In 2002, the Seneca Nation’s legislative body, the Tribal Council, granted a corporate charter to Seneca Gaming Corporation (Seneca Gaming), under…
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