2nd Circuit Again Upholds Government’s Land Taking For New York Oneidas

Mealey's (December 13, 2016, 2:19 PM EST) -- NEW YORK — For the second time in a month, the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Dec. 9 affirmed a federal court’s rulings in favor of the federal government in a suit filed by groups and individuals challenging the government’s decision to place more than 13,000 acres of land in central New York into a trust for the Oneida Indian Nation of New York (Central New York Fair Business Association, et al. v. Sally M.R. Jewell, et al., No. 16-53, 2nd Cir.; 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 21965)....