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MATTER OF ALTONA CITIZENS COMM., INC. v. TOWN OF ALTONA

54 N.Y.2d 908 (1981)

In the Matter of Altona Citizens Committee, Incorporated, et al., Appellants, v. Town of Altona et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided October 20, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas S. West for appellants.

Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Franklin K. Breselor and Shirley Adelson Siegel of counsel), for William C. Hennessy, as Commissioner of the Department of Transportation of the State of New York and others, respondents.

Brian Buddington Turner for Turtle Island Trust, respondent.

Robert T. Coulter, of the District of Columbia Bar, admitted on motion pro hac vice, and Nancy Stearns for Ganienkeh, respondent.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and MEYER concur.

MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.

The land now occupied by the Ganienkeh group, whose members are assertedly descendants of the Mohawk Indian Nation, was originally conveyed to the State by the William H. Miner Foundation in 1962. The deed provided that the conveyance of the Miner Lake property was made pursuant to an order of Supreme Court, which, in turn, authorized...

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