Decisions

Native | New York | Federal | Court Websites

 

Native Decisions

• Tribal Courts
• Oral Processes/Traditional Justice Resolutions

New York Decisions

• Cayuga Indian Nation v Gould (Court of Appeals decision)
• Alexander v Hart (Scaffold Law, application to Mohawk)
• Attea v Tax Appeals Tribunal (cigarette taxes)
• Cayuga Indian Nation v Sheriff Gould (taxing of cigarette sales; Appellate Division decision )
• Matter of Spota v. Jackson

Federal Decisions

• Oneida Indian Nation v. County of Oneida (2nd Cir) (ancestral land compensation claims barred by laches)
• Doe, United States v. (10th Cir) ("persons" under Indian Major Crimes Act)
• Golden Feather Smoke Shop (EDNY) (cigarette tax scheme, injunction)

Links to Court Websites

(for independent research)

• New York State Courts
  • Court of Appeals
  • Supreme Court Appellate Division
  • Trial Courts
• Additional Sites with State Court Decisions
  • Court Decisions (Official Reporter for all courts from 1995+)
  • By Court (2000+)
  • N.Y. Court of Appeals, Cornell Univ. Legal Information (1990+)
• Administrative Decisions
  • Index of Opinions, New York Attorney General and New York State Comptroller on Indian Affairs (1961)
• Links to Federal Decisions
  • U.S. Supreme Court
    • Official
    • Cornell
  • U.S. Court of Appeals
    • 1st Circuit  
    • 2nd Circuit 
    • 3rd Circuit 
    • 4th Circuit 
    • 5th Circuit 
    • 6th Circuit 
    • 7th Circuit 
    • 8th Circuit 
    • 9th Circuit 
    • 10th Circuit
    • 11th Circuit
    • D.C. Circuit
    • Federal Circuit
  • U.S. District Courts – New York
    • New York Eastern District Court
    • New York Northern District Court
    • New York Southern District Court
    • New York Western District Court
  • U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs
  • U.S. Department of the Interior