CAYUGA NATION v. CAMPBELL

No. 70.

34 N.Y.3d 282 (2019)

140 N.E.3d 479

117 N.Y.S.3d 105

2019 NY Slip Op 07711

CAYUGA NATION, by and through its Lawful Governing Body, CAYUGA NATION COUNCIL, Respondent, v. SAMUEL CAMPBELL et al., Appellants, et al., Intervenor.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided October 29, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margaret A. Murphy, P.C., Hamburg ( Margaret A. Murphy of counsel), Joseph J. Heath and Jenna Macaulay , Syracuse, and MacKay, Caswell, Callahan, P.C., East Syracuse ( Joseph M. Callahan of counsel), for appellants.

Jenner & Block, Washington, D.C. ( David W. DeBruin and Zachary C. Schauf of the District of Columbia bar, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel), and Barclay Damon, LLP, Syracuse ( Kevin G. Roe , Daniel J. French and Lee Alcott of counsel), for respondent.

Berkey Williams LLP, Washington, D.C. ( Alexandra C. Page of the District of Columbia bar, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel), for Tonawanda Seneca Nation and others, amici curiae.


OPINION OF THE COURT

Members of the Cayuga Nation (the Nation), a federally-recognized Indian1 tribe, have been embroiled in a leadership dispute for more than a decade. One faction commenced this action, purportedly on behalf of the Nation, against individuals...

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