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ST. REGIS TRIBE v. STATE OF NEW YORK

5 N.Y.2d 24 (1958)

St. Regis Tribe of Mohawk Indians, by Norman Tarbell et al., Individually as Duly Enrolled Members and as Duly Elected Chiefs of the St. Regis Tribe of Indians, on Behalf of All St. Regis Indians, Appellants, v. State of New York, Respondent. (Claim No. 32879.)

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 25, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Quimby, Jr., and Arthur B. Hart for appellants.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Paxton Blair, Donald C. Glenn and Julius L. Sackman of counsel), for respondent.

Thomas F. Moore, Jr., and Edward L. Ryan for Power Authority of the State of New York in support of respondent's position.

Chief Judge CONWAY and Judges DESMOND, DYE, FULD, VAN VOORHIS and BURKE concur.

FROESSEL, J.

Plaintiffs are the duly elected chiefs of the St. Regis Tribe of the Mohawk Indians, and have instituted this action on behalf of all the members of the tribe. Their claim is that the State of New York has appropriated, pursuant to title 1 of article 5 of the Public Authorities Law, certain "land, bed of St. Lawrence River, and water rights, including inherent...

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