Land claim ruling overturned

The Associated Press

In a stunning reversal, a federal court ruled Tuesday the Cayuga Indians are not entitled to a $248 million land claim judgment awarded them by a lower court.

In a split 2-1 decision, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals cited the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling in the tax case involving the Oneida Indians and the upstate New York city of Sherrill, that said too many years had passed for the Oneidas to claim their reacquired former reservation lands were again sovereign and tax-exempt.