Cayuga Nation v. Parker et al
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December 12, 2025
Cayuga Nation RICO Win Overshadowed By Pot Shop Verdict
The Cayuga Nation suffered a partial loss Thursday when a New York federal jury essentially sided with a tribal citizen and his partner, who were operating an illicit smoke shop, finding that although the business owners did violate RICO, the damages they incurred due to a tribal police seizure were far worse.
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December 04, 2025
Pot Shop Associate Doubts Judge's Neutrality In RICO Case
A landlord accused of allowing an unauthorized cannabis shop to operate within the Cayuga Nation is asking a New York federal judge to recuse herself less than a week before trial is set to begin, suggesting that the jurist might not be unbiased because counsel for the tribe "helped" her "son get a job."
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December 02, 2025
Tribe Can't Recover Lost Profits For Pot Sales Under RICO
A New York federal judge has ruled that cannabis' federal illegality means that the Cayuga Nation cannot invoke a federal racketeering law to recover lost profits from retailers' unsanctioned cannabis sales on tribal land.
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November 18, 2025
NY Judge Orders More Expert Briefing In Tribe's RICO Suit
A New York federal judge has ordered the Cayuga Nation and defendants in a racketeering suit to submit additional briefing over the Nation's experts in a suit alleging that the defendants conspired to deprive the Nation of funds through an unlicensed tobacco outlet.
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November 07, 2025
Smoke Shop Sanctioned Tossing Sale Docs In NY Tribal Row
After destroying sales records daily over the course of three years, the retailers accused by the Cayuga Nation of running an unauthorized cannabis shop will face sanctions, a New York federal judge ruled, calling their behavior "grossly negligent and likely willful."
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November 04, 2025
NY Judge Rejects Smoke Shop's Quick Win In Tribal RICO Suit
Retailers sued by the Cayuga Nation over operating unsanctioned smoke shops on tribal land cannot escape the tribe's RICO claims, a New York federal judge ruled Tuesday, saying the tribe sufficiently alleged the retailers used revenue from untaxed tobacco and cannabis to stand up a competing business that harmed the tribe.
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October 30, 2025
Despite Raid, Smoke Shop Must Give Tribe Sales Records
Retailers sued by the Cayuga Nation over unpaid taxes from allegedly operating an unsanctioned smoke shop on tribal land must still fork over daily sales records even after New York State Police seized all cannabis product, a federal judge ruled Oct. 30, following yet another heated exchange in which the entrepreneurs blamed the tribe's leader for the raid.
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September 26, 2025
Judge Criticizes Email-Only Talks In NY Smoke Shop Dispute
A New York federal judge chided attorneys for the Cayuga Nation and the smoke shop it's suing on Thursday for not actually speaking to each other when resolving a combative documents dispute, warning them that she might sanction them if they don't follow her orders more closely next time.
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September 24, 2025
Smoke Shop Avoids Sanctions But Must Actually Talk To Tribe
Retailers accused by the Cayuga Nation of running an unauthorized cannabis shop won't be sanctioned for allegedly failing to turn over daily sales records, which they had destroyed for years, but a New York federal court has ordered them to produce those records going forward and is requiring both sides to confer in good faith "by actually speaking to each other."
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September 16, 2025
Smoke Shop Owners Slam NY Tribe's Sanctions Request
Retailers accused by the Cayuga Nation of running an unsanctioned cannabis shop on tribal land have pushed back on a bid seeking sanctions against them for failing to turn over daily cannabis sales records despite a New York federal court's order to do so, arguing "two wrongs don't make a right."