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  1. August 26, 2022

    2nd Circ. Revives Long Island Tribe's Fishing Rights Case

    The Second Circuit revived a suit in which three members of the Shinnecock Indian Nation seek to continue using the tribe's ancestral fishing grounds off Long Island, finding they brought a valid bid to stop New York state regulators from prosecuting them for that practice.

  2. February 17, 2021

    NY Beats Long Island Tribe Members In Fishing Rights Suit

    New York state's environmental agency dodged a lawsuit brought by members of a Long Island tribe alleging violation of their fishing rights and racial discrimination, after a federal court affirmed a magistrate judge's report. 

  3. June 24, 2020

    NY Says Shinnecock Rehashing Old Arguments In Fishing Suit

    A state agency has urged a New York federal court to reject recent arguments from members of the Shinnecock Indian Nation that "merely regurgitate" prior points in a case regarding their right to fish near the tribe's Long Island reservation.

  4. November 20, 2019

    NY Asserts Immunity To Tribal Fishing Rights Suit

    New York has told a federal judge that its sovereign immunity should defeat three Shinnecock Indian Nation members' suit claiming the state and a county have illegally prosecuted them for fishing near the tribe's Long Island reservation, while the tribe members argued that state officials aren't entitled to such protection.

  5. May 23, 2019

    NY Tribe Members Say High Court Backs Their Fishing Rights

    Three members of the Shinnecock Indian Nation who accuse New York state and Suffolk County of illegally prosecuting them for fishing near the tribe's Long Island reservation have urged a New York federal court to consider a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision they say supports their claims.

  6. February 05, 2019

    NY, County Urge Toss Of Tribal Suit Over Fishing Rights

    New York state and Suffolk County have urged a federal judge to accept a magistrate judge's recommendations to dismiss a suit accusing them of illegally prosecuting three Shinnecock Indian Nation members for fishing near the tribe's Long Island reservation.

  7. January 22, 2019

    Tribe Members Try To Save Long Island Fishing Rights Suit

    Three members of the Shinnecock Indian Nation objected Monday to a magistrate judge's report recommending the dismissal of their suit, which accuses New York state and Suffolk County of illegally prosecuting them for fishing near the tribe's Long Island reservation.

  8. August 23, 2018

    Shinnecock Members' Fishing Suit Must Be Nixed, NY Says

    New York urged a federal judge Thursday to toss a suit by three Shinnecock Indian Nation members who contend the state and a county have illegally prosecuted them for fishing near the tribe's Long Island reservation, while the tribe members told the court the state doesn't have sovereign immunity to the suit.

  9. July 31, 2018

    NY's Tribal Fishing Prosecutions Won't Be Blocked By Judge

    A New York federal judge Tuesday denied an injunction sought by three Shinnecock Indian Nation members who contend the state and Suffolk County have illegally prosecuted them for fishing near the tribe's Long Island reservation.

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