2nd Petition Filed Over Government’s Land Taking For New York Oneidas

(May 11, 2017, 8:00 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court received another petition for a writ of certiorari April 26 challenging the federal government’s decision to take approximately 13,000 acres of land in central New York into trust for the Oneida Indian Nation of New York (Upstate Citizens for Equality, Inc., et al. v. The United States of America, et al., No. 16-1320, U.S. Sup., 2017 U.S. S. Ct. Briefs LEXIS 1531)....