The Legal Arguments in the Seneca-Cayuga Tribe Bingo Hall

The Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma brought a lawsuit in federal court against the Town of Aurelius and some other defendants. That lawsuit, as much as any lawsuit that I know of that has been decided in the past, presents the issue that we are confronted with today and that is: What is the right of people to return, and what kind of jurisdictional controls can they have over the land once they return?