Cayuga Indian Nation of New Yo v. Seneca County, New York

  1. March 05, 2021

    NY County Asks Justices To Review Tribal Tax Immunity

    A western New York county has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a Second Circuit decision that the Cayuga Indian Nation is shielded from paying county property taxes, saying the high court should address questions around tribal sovereign immunity that weren't resolved in its previous decisions.

  2. October 26, 2020

    2nd Circ. Affirms Cayuga's Immunity In NY County Tax Row

    Sovereign immunity shielded the Cayuga Nation in a yearslong dispute with New York's Seneca County over the collection of property taxes on tribal lands, a Second Circuit panel said Friday, upholding a lower court's 2018 decision.

  3. July 20, 2020

    NY County Says McGirt Doesn't Apply To Property Tax Fight

    The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision to overturn a Native American man's Oklahoma state court convictions is irrelevant to a Second Circuit appeal in a tribal property tax dispute, New York's Seneca County said Friday.

  4. July 16, 2019

    NY Tribe Tells 2nd Circ. It Has Immunity In Foreclosure Row

    The Cayuga Indian Nation urged the Second Circuit on Monday to affirm a lower court's finding that tribal immunity protects it in a dispute with a New York county over the collection of property taxes on land owned by the tribe.