ONEIDA INDIAN NATION OF NEW YORK v. NEW YORK

No. 74-CV-187.

194 F.Supp.2d 104 (2002)

The ONEIDA INDIAN NATION OF NEW YORK; the Oneida Indian Nation of Wisconsin; and the Oneida of the Thames, Plaintiffs, and United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor, and The New York Brothertown Indian Nation, Plaintiff-Intervenor, v. The State of NEW YORK; County of Madison, New York; and County of Oneida, New York, Defendants.

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

March 29, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas D. Barr, Rowan D. Wilson, Cravath, Swaine Law Firm, New York City, William W, Taylor, III, Caroline A. Judge, Zuckerman, Spaeder Law Firm, Washington, DC, John A. DeFrancisco, Harris, Beach Law Firm, Syracuse, NY, Thomas G. Rafferty, Cravath, Swain, New York City, Arlinda Locklear, nam, Office of Arlinda Locklear, Jefferson, MD, Daan Braveman, Ernest I. White Hall, Syracuse, NY, Carey R. Ramos, Robert S. Smith, Paul, Weiss Law Firm, New York City, William H. Pease, Asst. U.S. Atty., Office of the United States Attorney, Syracuse, NY, Charles Jakosa, nam, Asst. U.S. Atty., Steven Miskinis, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Indian Resources Section Environment and Natural Resources Division, Washington, DC, Charles E. O' Connell, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., U.S. Department of Justice Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington, DC, Michael G. Sterthous, Whiteman, Osterman Law Firm, Albany, NY, for Plaintiffs.

G. Robert Witmer, Jr., Nixon, Peabody Law Firm, Rochester, NY, David A. Reiser, phv, Zuckerman, Spaeder Law Firm, Washington, DC, David B. Roberts, Office of Attorney General State of New York, Albany, NY, Christopher W. Hall, Office of Attorney General State of New York, Albany, NY, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM-DECISION AND ORDER

KAHN, District Judge.

BACKGROUND

I. Factual Background

This action is brought by three Indian nations, the Oneida Indian Nation of New York, the Oneida Indian Nation of Wisconsin and the Oneida of the Thames (collectively, the "Oneidas" or "Plaintiffs"), who claim to be descendants of the original Oneida Indian Nation that inhabited...

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