HURON GROUP v. PATAKI


5 Misc.3d 648 (2004)

785 N.Y.S.2d 827

HURON GROUP, INC., et al., Plaintiffs v. GEORGE E. PATAKI, as Governor of the State of New York, et al., Defendants.

Supreme Court, Erie County.

June 16, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillips Lytle LLP, Buffalo (Michael B. Powers and Preston L. Zarlock of counsel), for plaintiffs.

Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General, Buffalo (Peter B. Sullivan of counsel), for George E. Pataki and another, defendants.

Michael J. Stachowski, Town Attorney, for Town of Cheektowaga, defendant.

Parrino, Cooper & Dobson, Williamsville (Arthur F. Dobson, Jr. and Robert W. Michalak of counsel), for Uniland Partnership, L.P., defendant.

Daniel T. Warren, amicus curiae.


OPINION OF THE COURT

JOSEPH G. MAKOWSKI, J.

Background Summary

On June 20, 2001, New York State Governor George E. Pataki and the Seneca Nation of Indians entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) which established certain terms for a Tribal-State Compact to authorize the development of three class III gaming casinos by the Seneca Nation on Indian lands in the State of New York. In August 2001, the New York State Legislature enacted legislation...

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