Cayuga Nation v. Parker et al
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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."
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August 29, 2025
NY Tribe Wants Smoke Shop Sanctioned For Flaking On Records
Two smoke shop operators will be slapped with sanctions unless they come up with good reasons for why they disregarded a New York federal court order requiring them to turn over cannabis sales records to the Cayuga Nation in their legal battle with the tribe.
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April 29, 2024
Defendant Seeks Tribe's Confidential Data In Smoke Shop Suit
An entrepreneur being sued by the Cayuga Nation is arguing in New York federal court that he should be allowed to view "highly confidential" spreadsheets purportedly detailing revenue losses the tribe suffered due to an unlicensed smoke shop on tribal land, asserting he has no business ties to the store.
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April 18, 2024
NY Tribe Says Smoke Shop Group Can't Be Trusted With Data
The Cayuga Nation is urging a New York federal judge to keep one of the entrepreneurs it's accused of opening up an unlicensed smoke shop on tribal land from viewing spreadsheets purportedly detailing lost revenues the tribe suffered due to the store's operation, claiming he'll use the information to hurt the tribe's business.
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March 19, 2024
Judge Mulls Smoke Shop Group's Push For Tribe's Damages Data
A New York federal magistrate judge is asking the Cayuga Nation and a former smoke shop, shut down on the grounds it was selling cannabis and untaxed cigarettes, to weigh in on whether the tribe must turn over spreadsheets purportedly detailing damages and lost revenues stemming from the shop.
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January 11, 2023
NY Judge Trims Eviction Claims In Tribe Pot Seller Suit
A New York federal judge has tossed a slew of counterclaims brought by a cannabis and cigarette retailer against the Cayuga Nation while keeping intact two illegal removal allegations, reasoning that the allegedly unlawful property removal arose amid the "same transaction or occurrence" from which the upstate New York tribe's remaining racketeering claim stems.
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October 31, 2022
NY Tribe Says It Is Immune From Pot Sellers' Eviction Claims
Cayuga Nation officials say the upstate New York tribe has sovereign immunity from claims that it wrongly evicted a cannabis and cigarette retailer from tribal land, blasting representatives of the business for trying to "shoehorn" those allegations into the tribe's own lawsuit against them.
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October 25, 2022
NY Pot Sellers Say Tribe Must Face Illegal Eviction Claims
A group of upstate New York cannabis retailers says the Cayuga Nation cannot avoid claims that it wrongly evicted them from tribal land, telling a Syracuse federal judge that granting the tribe immunity would unfairly insulate Native communities from all sorts of real estate disputes.