Legal Opinion
Seneca Nation of Indians v. New York
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 9, 2004No. Docket Nos. 02-6185(L), 02-6195(XAP), 02-6197(C), 02-6213(C)PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Per curiam
Plaintiff Seneca Nation of Indians (the “Senecas”) appeal an Order of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York (Richard J. Arcara, Judge.) dismissing on sovereign immunity grounds their suit to invalidate an easement through the Cattaraugus Reservation granted by them in 1954 to the State of New York acting through the New York State Thruway Authority.1 The District Court adopted the finding of Magistrate Judge Carol E. Heckman that the State of New York' was an absent and indispensable party under Rule 19 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and that the…
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