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Oneida County joins lawsuit12 June 2008NEW YORK -- As reported by the Syracuse Post-Standard: "Oneida County legislators on Wednesday unanimously voted to join a lawsuit against the federal government over a decision to put 13,000 acres of Oneida Indian Nation land into trust. "Madison County supervisors agreed Tuesday to join the suit with New York state. "The lawsuit will contain 20 arguments against the trust decision, said Madison County Attorney John Campanie. The decision, issued last month by the federal Department of Interior, would make 13,004 acres of Oneida Indian land tax-exempt and under sovereign control of the tribe. "...The Vernon Town Board on Monday voted unanimously to file a lawsuit with the town of Verona. The towns tried to join the lawsuit with the state and counties but were rebuffed, said Verona town Supervisor Owen Waller. "The towns will each chip in $5,000 for the retainer of Cornelius Murray, an Albany lawyer who worked with citizens groups in their successful court battles to declare the Oneida and Mohawk tribal casinos illegal..." |