District Court, N.D. New York September 25, 2000, No. 74CV187 (Oneida Indian Nation of New York State v. County of Oneida)

MEMORANDUM-DECISION AND ORDER

McCURN, Senior District Judge.

By its very nature Indian land claim litigation engenders inflamed passions on all sides; perhaps no more so than when the specter is raised, as it is by the present motions to amend, of mass ejectment or eviction of literally thousands of individuals who have been residing on this land for years, and in some instances for generations.