Seneca Nation v. Hochul et al

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. August 10, 2018

    Seneca Tribe Wants NY Highway Easement Spat Kept Alive

    The Seneca Nation of Indians asked a New York federal court on Friday to deny state officials' bid to toss its suit alleging an easement for the New York State Thruway that runs through the tribe's reservation is invalid, saying a previous action on the matter was dismissed without having been adjudicated by the court.

  9. June 06, 2018

    NY Looks To Nix Seneca Nation Highway Easement Row

    Empire State officials asked a New York federal court on Tuesday to throw out the Seneca Nation's suit alleging an easement for the New York State Thruway that runs through its reservation was invalid, arguing the issue had already been litigated and defeated in a separate 1990s action.

  10. April 12, 2018

    Seneca Nation Seeks To Renegotiate NY Highway Easement

    The Seneca Nation filed suit in New York federal court against several state officials on Wednesday alleging that an easement for the New York State Thruway that runs through its reservation was invalid and asking the court to force the state to negotiate a new one.