2nd Circuit Upholds Denial Of Oneida Member’s Claim To Ownership Of Land

Mealey's (November 30, 2020, 1:06 PM EST) -- NEW YORK — A New York federal court correctly found that the Oneida Indian Nation is the rightful owner of a 19-acre parcel of land that a tribal member had asserted ownership of by filing an invalid quitclaim deed for the property, a slightly divided Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel decided Nov. 24 (Oneida Indian Nation v. Melvin L. Phillips, Sr., et al., No. 19-2737, 2nd Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 36992)....