Upstate Citizens for Equality v. United States of America

  1. January 27, 2017

    2nd Circ. Won't Rehear NY Casino Land Dispute

    The Second Circuit on Friday denied petitions from a nonprofit and a New York state town, both of which are seeking to prevent the federal government from entrusting land surrounding New York's Turning Stone Resort and Casino to the Oneida Indian Nation, asking the court to reconsider affirming a lower court ruling that tossed two lawsuits alleging the acquisition was unconstitutional.

  2. December 20, 2016

    2nd Circ. Asked To Rethink Giving Casino Land To NY Tribe

    A nonprofit seeking to prevent the federal government from entrusting land surrounding New York's Turning Stone Resort and Casino to the Oneida Indian Nation asked the Second Circuit on Tuesday to reconsider affirming a lower court ruling that tossed two lawsuits alleging the acquisition was unconstitutional.

  3. November 09, 2016

    2nd Circ. Allows NY Tribe To Keep Trust Land For Casino

    The Second Circuit on Wednesday found that the federal government can entrust land surrounding New York's Turning Stone Resort and Casino for the Oneida Indian Nation, affirming a lower court ruling that tossed two lawsuits alleging the acquisition was unconstitutional.

  4. February 18, 2016

    Feds Press 2nd Circ. To Reject Oneida Trust Land Suits

    The U.S. Department of the Interior continued Wednesday to push the Second Circuit to shoot down two cases challenging its decision to take land into trust for the Oneida Indian Nation of New York's casino, saying the appeals failed in their attempt to narrow the government's broad authority.

  5. February 10, 2016

    NY Tribe Pushes For Say In 2nd Circ. Casino Land Dispute

    The Oneida Indian Nation again urged the Second Circuit on Wednesday to allow it to file an amicus brief backing the U.S. Department of the Interior's decision to take land into trust for the tribe's New York casino, saying the nonprofit group opposing the bid wrongly asserted that the tribe was raising a new issue.

  6. February 08, 2016

    NY Group Opposing Tribal Casino Seeks To Block Amicus Bid

    A nonprofit group challenging the U.S. Department of the Interior's decision to take land into trust for the Oneida Indian Nation of New York's casino urged the Second Circuit on Friday to reject a proposed amicus brief on behalf of the government, saying a settlement between the state and the tribe wasn't relevant to the group's suit.

  7. January 25, 2016

    NY Towns' Oneida Land Suits Twist History, 2nd Circ. Told

    The federal government asked the Second Circuit on Friday to throw out two cases brought by New York towns and citizens over its decision to take 13,000 acres of land near a tribal casino into trust for the Oneida Nation, saying the appeals are rooted in "radical" views of law and history.