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Seneca Nation v. Hochul et al
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November 18, 2025
New York is opposing a recommendation that would give a win to the Seneca Nation and force negotiations over a portion of a thruway that runs through the tribe's reservation, arguing that the report relies on a narrow interpretation of Sherrill laches in contrast to Second Circuit characterization.
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September 30, 2025
A U.S. magistrate judge is recommending a summary judgment win and negotiations for the Seneca Nation and New York officials in an ongoing dispute over a portion of a thruway that runs through the tribe's reservation, saying the state obtained a 1954 easement for the superhighway in violation of federal law.
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April 21, 2025
The Seneca Nation has opposed New York's attempt to prevail in the tribe's suit over a portion of thruway that runs through its reservation, telling a federal judge the state benefits to the tune of $21 million annually in its unfair use of tribal lands for the toll road system.
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February 13, 2025
The state of New York is asking a federal district court to dismiss a challenge by the Seneca Nation over a portion of thruway that runs through its reservation, arguing that nothing could have possibly changed in the 14-year dispute over the validity of a 1954 easement.
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January 03, 2024
A federal district court judge has agreed to extend the deadlines for motions in a long-running challenge by the Seneca Nation to New York over a portion of the state's thruway that runs through the federally recognized tribe's reservation land after the parties said they have agreed to pursue mediation.
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February 03, 2020
The Seneca Nation pressed a New York federal judge Friday not to toss the tribe's suit over a portion of the New York State Thruway on reservation land, saying New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and other state officials can't claim sovereign immunity to the tribe's case.
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January 06, 2020
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and other state officials urged a federal court Friday to toss the Seneca Nation's suit over a portion of the New York State Thruway on reservation land, saying the tribe's challenge to a highway easement was resolved long ago.
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November 18, 2019
The Seneca Nation of Indians has the right to sue New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and other individual state officials over a highway on reservation land, the tribe told a New York federal court in pushing to keep its case alive.
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February 22, 2019
The Seneca Nation has doubled down in New York federal court on objections to a magistrate’s recommendation to dismiss its suit alleging a thruway easement that runs through its reservation is invalid, arguing the judge improperly held its claims were previously litigated in a more than two decade-old case.
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February 07, 2019
New York state officials urged a federal court judge Thursday to adopt a magistrate judge's recommendation to dismiss the Seneca Nation's suit alleging that a thruway easement that runs through its reservation is invalid, saying the tribe's objections did not meet procedural requirements.