VACCO v. HARRAH'S OPERATING COMPANY, INC.

No. 07-CV-663.

661 F.Supp.2d 186 (2009)

Dennis C. VACCO and Joseph E. Bernstein, individually in their capacities as Litigation Trustees of the Catskill Litigation Trust, Plaintiffs, v. HARRAH'S OPERATING COMPANY, INC., and Clive Cummis, Defendants.

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

September 28, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick D. Holden, Jr., Rachel P. Rangi, Orrick, Herrington Law Firm, San Francisco, CA, Michael T. Stolper, The Stolper Group LLP, New York, NY, Thomas Martin Kernan, Crane, Parente Law Firm, Albany, NY, for Plaintiffs.

George F. Carpinello, Boies, Schiller Law Firm, Albany, NY, for Defendants.


DECISION & ORDER

THOMAS J. McAVOY, Senior District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiffs commenced this action "to enforce a money-judgment (the `Judgment') for $1,787,000,000, plus interest and costs, issued by a Native American tribal court against non-Native Americans." Compl. ¶ 6. The Judgment was issued on default in the Tribal Court of the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe on March 20, 2001. Id. ¶¶ 11-22. Two prior actions commenced...

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