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WNY Syracuse alumni honor SNI President Porter
Syracuse University’s Western New York Alumni Association on Sunday honored Seneca Nation President Robert Odawi Porter with a distinguished alumnus award for a local graduate. Porter graduated from Syracuse with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and economics and then received his juris doctor from Harvard Law School in 1989. “Receiving an honor […]
Seneca president supports House bill on land rights
Seneca Nation President Robert Odawi Porter is endorsing the American Indian Empowerment Act of 2011, a bill in Congress designed to empower Indian nations and tribes to accept restricted fee tribal lands. The House bill, H.R. 3532, was introduced Nov. 30 by Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, and Rep. Dan Boren, D-Oklahoma, and referred to the […]
Removal of Seneca Nation president voided by clerk
BUFFALO — A power struggle within the Seneca Indian Nation in western New York has taken another turn. On Saturday, the Seneca Tribal Council voted 10-6 to remove Robert Odawi Porter as chief executive officer. But on Sunday, the Seneca clerk voided that vote on a procedural technicality. The clerk says the nation’s ethics laws […]
Seneca Nation to discuss 1794 treaty payment
IRVING — The Seneca Indian Nation of western New York is marking the latest payment from the U.S. government under the 1794 Canandaigua Treaty. Seneca President Robert Odawi Porter and other tribal officials plan a news conference ...
Porter elected president of Seneca Indian Nation
SALAMANCA — Syracuse University law school professor Robert Odawi Porter has been elected president of the Seneca Nation of Indians in western New York. Seneca Nation officials say Porter defeated Maurice A. John Sr. ...
Case Digests
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Attorney misconduct: Opinion 22-164
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Independently written bench book: Opinion 22-163
- Fourth Department – Suppression: People v. Saeli
- Second Circuit – RICO: Horn v. Medical Marijuana Inc.
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Uncompensated interview: Opinion 22-159
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Uncompensated guest speaker: Opinion 22-158
- Fourth Department – Negligent performance: Rosenthal v. Syracuse University, et al.
- Second Circuit – Visual Artists Rights Act: Kerson v. Vermont Law School Inc.
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Former foreclosure referee: Opinion 22-157
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – College honorarium: Opinion 22-156
- Second Circuit – Reasonable accommodation: Tafolla v. Heilig
- Fourth Department – Labor Law: Primisch v. Peroxychem LLC
Law News
- Appeals court upholds Supreme Court ruling
- Assistant district attorney appointed City Court judge by Rochester mayor
- Murder conviction affirmed despite trial judge error
- NY appeals court upholds conviction in burglary case
- Federal lawsuit reinstated against jail officer over strip search, delayed release
- Hyzon to pay $25M penalty to settle alleged fraud charges by SEC
- NY appeals court reinstates lawsuit over contract to remove snow
- Fourth Department affirms $400K judgment in contract dispute
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