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

  1. January 07, 2019

    NY County Appeals Cayuga Nation Property Tax Ruling

    New York's Seneca County on Friday appealed to the Second Circuit a district court ruling that determined the Cayuga Indian Nation's tribal immunity protects it in a dispute with the county over the collection of property taxes on land owned by the tribe.

  2. December 12, 2018

    Cayuga Nation Secures Win In NY Property Tax Row

    A New York federal court judge has sided with the Cayuga Indian Nation in a long-running dispute with Seneca County over the collection of property taxes on land owned by the tribe, finding that the tribe’s sovereign immunity protects it from the suit.

  3. May 03, 2017

    NY Tribe Gets Counterclaim Tossed In Property Tax Suit

    A New York federal judge on Tuesday rejected Seneca County's assertion that certain pieces of real estate owned by the Cayuga Indian Nation are not reservation lands and are therefore subject to property taxes, concluding that an 1838 treaty did not disestablish the tribe's reservation.

  4. November 17, 2015

    NY Tribe Says County's Claim Already Settled In Tax Row

    A New York tribe attacked a local county's assertion that certain tribal properties are subject to local taxes because the tribe's reservation has been disestablished, telling a federal court on Monday that the county's counterclaim has already been litigated and is barred by sovereign immunity.

  5. October 30, 2015

    NY County Says Tribe Can't Nix Counterclaim In Tax Row

    New York's Seneca County claimed Thursday that it is not barred from asking a federal district court to assess whether certain properties are on Indian country in response to a tribe's suit seeking to prevent the county from foreclosing the properties as compensation for unpaid taxes.