Seneca Nation v. Hochul et al
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1:18-cv-00429
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September 30, 2025
Judge Recommends Tribal Win, Talks In NY Thruway Row
A U.S. magistrate judge is recommending a summary judgment win and negotiations for the Seneca Nation and New York officials in an ongoing dispute over a portion of a thruway that runs through the tribe's reservation, saying the state obtained a 1954 easement for the superhighway in violation of federal law.
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April 21, 2025
NYS Thruway Gains $21M A Year On Seneca Land, Tribe Says
The Seneca Nation has opposed New York's attempt to prevail in the tribe's suit over a portion of thruway that runs through its reservation, telling a federal judge the state benefits to the tune of $21 million annually in its unfair use of tribal lands for the toll road system.
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February 13, 2025
NY State Says Nothing New In Seneca Nation's Thruway Suit
The state of New York is asking a federal district court to dismiss a challenge by the Seneca Nation over a portion of thruway that runs through its reservation, arguing that nothing could have possibly changed in the 14-year dispute over the validity of a 1954 easement.
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January 03, 2024
Seneca Nation Suit Over NY Thruway Headed For Mediation
A federal district court judge has agreed to extend the deadlines for motions in a long-running challenge by the Seneca Nation to New York over a portion of the state's thruway that runs through the federally recognized tribe's reservation land after the parties said they have agreed to pursue mediation.
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February 03, 2020
Seneca Nation Sees An Open Lane For Thruway Suit
The Seneca Nation pressed a New York federal judge Friday not to toss the tribe's suit over a portion of the New York State Thruway on reservation land, saying New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and other state officials can't claim sovereign immunity to the tribe's case.
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January 06, 2020
Cuomo Says Seneca Nation's Thruway Suit Is Out Of Gas
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and other state officials urged a federal court Friday to toss the Seneca Nation's suit over a portion of the New York State Thruway on reservation land, saying the tribe's challenge to a highway easement was resolved long ago.
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November 18, 2019
Seneca Tribe Says NY Gov. Can't Dodge Thruway Suit
The Seneca Nation of Indians has the right to sue New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and other individual state officials over a highway on reservation land, the tribe told a New York federal court in pushing to keep its case alive.
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February 22, 2019
Seneca Tribe Says NY Officials Can't Dodge Thruway Suit
The Seneca Nation has doubled down in New York federal court on objections to a magistrate’s recommendation to dismiss its suit alleging a thruway easement that runs through its reservation is invalid, arguing the judge improperly held its claims were previously litigated in a more than two decade-old case.
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February 07, 2019
NY Says Seneca Highway Suit Blocked By Earlier Claims
New York state officials urged a federal court judge Thursday to adopt a magistrate judge's recommendation to dismiss the Seneca Nation's suit alleging that a thruway easement that runs through its reservation is invalid, saying the tribe's objections did not meet procedural requirements.
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January 17, 2019
Seneca Tribe Says Magistrate Off-Base In NY Thruway Spat
The Seneca Nation of Indians has asked a New York federal court to reject a magistrate judge's recommended dismissal of claims alleging a thruway easement that runs through the tribe's reservation is invalid, telling the court that it should be allowed to proceed against state officials in lieu of the state itself.