ELR Citation: ELR 20096
No(s). s. 02-6185(L) et al (2d Cir. Sep 9, 2004)

The Second Circuit affirmed a lower court decision that New York's purchase of the Niagara River islands from the Seneca Nation of Indians in 1815 did not violate the Non-Intercourse Act, which bars conveyances by Indians to non-Indians unless ratified by Congress. Although the transaction was not a...