Cayuga Indian Nation of New York v. Pataki
Cayuga Indian Nation of New York v. Pataki, 413 F.3d 266 (2d Cir. 2005), is an important precedent in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit for the litigation of aboriginal title in the United States. Applying the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling in City of Sherrill v. Oneida Indian Nation of New York (2005), a divided panel held that the equitable doctrine of laches bars all tribal land claims sounding in ejectment or trespass, for both tribal plaintiffs and the federal government as plaintiff-intervenor.
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Cayuga Indian Nation of New York v. Pataki
Cayuga Indian Nation of New York v. Pataki, 413 F.3d 266 (2d Cir. 2005), is an important precedent in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit for the litigation of aboriginal title in the United States. Applying the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling in City of Sherrill v. Oneida Indian Nation of New York (2005), a divided panel held that the equitable doctrine of laches bars all tribal land claims sounding in ejectment or trespass, for both tribal plaintiffs and the federal government as plaintiff-intervenor.
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Cayuga Indian Nation of N.Y. v. George Pataki, as Governor of the state of New York
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Laches bars all aboriginal title claims sounding in ejectment or trespass
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José A. Cabranes, Rosemary S. Pooler, Janet C. Hall
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Cayuga Indian Nation of N.Y. v. Pataki
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Cabranes, joined by Pooler
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Cert. denied, 547 U.S. 1128
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Cayuga Indian Nation of New Yo ...... nment as plaintiff-intervenor.
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Cayuga Indian Nation of New York v. Pataki
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