2 Petitions Seeking Review Of Land Taking For New York Tribe Still Await Action

Mealey's (October 16, 2017, 1:44 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 6 again did not act on two certiorari petitions challenging the federal government’s decision to take 13,000 acres of land in central New York into trust for the Oneida Indian Nation of New York, even after the justices considered the petitions at several weekly conferences (Upstate Citizens for Equality, Inc., et al. v. The United States of America, et al., No. 16-1320; Town of Vernon, N.Y., v. United States of America, et al., No. 17-8, U.S. Sup.)....