2nd Circuit Upholds Judgment For New York Tribe On County’s Tax Foreclosures

Mealey's (October 27, 2020, 12:46 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A New York Indian tribe’s sovereign immunity protects it from a county’s attempt to foreclose on the tribe’s land for not paying property taxes, the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals decided Oct. 23 in affirming summary judgment for the tribe (Cayuga Indian Nation of New York v. Seneca County, N.Y., No. 19-0032, 2nd Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 33432)....