Editing Nonintercourse Act (section)

====Laches====

Four dissenting justices would have barred the tribes action based on ''[[Laches (equity)|laches]]'' in ''[[Oneida County v. Oneida Indian Nation of N.Y. State]]'' (1985), a question the majority did not reach.<ref name="oneidaII"/> The Second Circuit adopted the view of the dissent in ''[[Cayuga Indian Nation of N.Y. v. Pataki]]'' (2d Cir. 2005), and since then no tribal plaintiff has been able to overcome this affirmative defense in that circuit.<ref>''Oneida Indian Nation of N.Y. v. County of Oneida'', 617 F.3d 114 (2d Cir. 2010); ''[[Cayuga Indian Nation of N.Y. v. Pataki]]'', 413 F.3d 266 (2d Cir. 2005); ''Onondaga Nation v. New York'', 2010 WL 3806492 (N.D.N.Y. 2010); ''Shinnecock Indian Nation v. New York'', 2006 WL 3501099 (E.D.N.Y. 2006); see also Kathryn E. Fort, The New Laches: Creating Title where None Existed, 16 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 357 (2009); Patrick W. Wandres, Indian Land Claims, ''Sherrill'' and the Impending Legacy of the Doctrine of Laches, 31 Am. Indian L. Rev. 131 (2006).</ref> ''Cayuga'' erased a damage award of $247.9 million, the largest ever awarded under the Act.