COUNTY OF BROOME v. STATE


119 A.D.2d 358 (1986)

County of Broome et al., Respondents, and County of Madison et al., Respondents-Appellants, v. State of New York, Appellant-Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

October 23, 1986


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hancock & Estabrook (David E. Peebles and Elletta Sangrey Callahan of counsel), for respondents-appellants.

Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Lew A. Millenbach and Peter J. Dooley of counsel), for appellant-respondent.

WEISS, MIKOLL, YESAWICH, JR., and HARVEY, JJ., concur.


MAHONEY, P. J.

Claimants are 12 New York counties who were named in at least one of three Federal court actions instituted by various Oneida Indian tribes or Nations based on allegations that certain lands were unlawfully taken from their ancestors by the State, the predecessor in title to the counties. Two of those actions sought return of the land; the other sought money damages. The counties made a written...

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