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City of Sherrill v. Oneida Indian Nation of New York, 544 U.S. 197 (2005), was a Supreme Court of the United States case in which the Court held that repurchase of traditional tribal lands 200 years later did not restore tribal sovereignty to that land. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote the majority opinion. [1]
The city of Sherrill initiated eviction proceedings in state court, and OIN sued Sherrill in federal court. In contrast to Oneida I and II , which involved demands for monetary compensation, OIN sought equitable relief prohibiting, currently and in the future, the imposition of property taxes.
The city of Sherrill initiated eviction proceedings in state court, and OIN sued Sherrill in federal court. In contrast to Oneida I and II, which involved demands for monetary compensation, OIN sought equitable relief prohibiting, currently and in the future, the imposition of property taxes.
May 25, 2006 · The legal trail to dismissal of the Cayuga case began with a separate federal lawsuit between the Oneida Nation and the city of Sherrill, N.Y., in which the OIN owned several parcels of property. The Oneidas maintained that when they reacquired land in their original reservation boundaries, they also re-established tribal sovereignty; hence ...
The Court rejects the theory of OIN and the United States that, because Oneida II recognized the Oneidas’ aboriginal title to their ancient reservation land and because the Tribe has now acquired the specific parcels at issue in the open market, it has unified fee and aboriginal title and may now assert sovereign dominion over the parcels.
May 13, 2002 · The District Court denied Sherrill's motion principally because Sherrill failed to explain why it was unable to obtain the discovery sought, much of which was a matter of public record, before the close of briefing.
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In the instant action, OIN resists the payment of property taxes to Sherrill on the ground that OINs acquisition of fee title to discrete parcels of historic reservation land revived the Oneidas ancient sovereignty piecemeal over each parcel.
