A federal appeals court has revived a lawsuit filed by three Shinnecock Indian Nation fishermen that was dismissed in 2021. The suit alleges that the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and its authorities unlawfully barred the fishermen from treaty-enshrined fishing rights.
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A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by three Shinnecock Indian Nation fishermen who have fought to protect their indigenous fishing rights in eastern Long Island.
David Taobi Silva, Jonathan Smith and Gerrod Smith were seeking $102 million in punitive damages, as well as temporary and permanent injunctions to end what they call racial discriminatory practices by state and local law enforcement.
“[The men had] not put forward sufficient evidence to establish that the state proceeding is motivated by a desire to harass or is conducted in bad faith, U.S. District Court Judge Sandra Feurestein said in her ruling.
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