Judge Stays $256M Gaming Deal Award Against New York Tribe Pending Appeal

Mealey's (December 13, 2019, 1:49 PM EST) -- BUFFALO, N.Y. — A New York federal judge on Dec. 12 stayed his confirmation of an arbitration award under which the Seneca Nation of Indians must pay New York nearly $256 million for the state’s share of the tribe’s gambling revenue pending the tribe’s appeal of the ruling to the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals (Seneca Nation of Indians v. New York, No. 1:19-cv-735, W.D. N.Y., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 214399)....