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CANADIAN ST. REGIS BAND OF MOHAWK INDIANS v. N.Y.

Nos. 82-CV-783, 82-CV-1114.

573 F.Supp. 1530 (1983)

The CANADIAN ST. REGIS BAND OF MOHAWK INDIANS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. The STATE OF NEW YORK, et al., Defendants. The CANADIAN ST. REGIS BAND OF MOHAWK INDIANS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. The STATE OF NEW YORK, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. New York.

November 4, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse & Guido, Washington, D.C., Vaughn Aldrich, Hogansburg, N.Y., for plaintiffs; Kenneth J. Guido, Jr., Harry R. Sachse, Washington, D.C., of counsel.

Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen., Albany, N.Y., Lew A. Millenbach, Asst. Atty. Gen., Hiscock, Lee, Rogers, Henley & Barclay, Syracuse, N.Y., Snider & Snider, Massena, N.Y., Dollinger Gonski & Grossman, Carle Place, N.Y., Jordan M. Newman, Asst. Gen. Counsel, State of N.Y. Power Authority, New York City, Frederick J. Scullin, Jr., U.S. Atty., Syracuse, N.Y., Richard Beal, Indian Claims Sec., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Fred Bush, St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corp., Massena, N.Y., Kernan & Kernan, Utica, N.Y., Phillips, Lytle, Hitchcock, Blaine & Huber, Buffalo, N.Y., for defendants; Jan R. Farr, Syracuse, N.Y., Thomas Snider, Massena, N.Y., Leslie A. Foodim, Joseph A. Pavone, Asst. U.S. Atty., Syracuse, N.Y., Andrea Lynch, Utica, N.Y., John K. McCormick, Buffalo, N.Y., of counsel.

MEMORANDUM-DECISION AND ORDER

McCURN, District Judge.

These two actions were brought by the Canadian St. Regis Band of Mohawk Indians and seven individuals who allege membership in either the Canadian St. Regis Band or the American St. Regis Mohawk Tribe.

In 82-CV-783, plaintiffs seek a declaration that they own and are entitled to possess some 12,000 acres of land in northern New York State; they also...

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