Daniel Phillips, as Administrator of the Estate of Melvin L. Phillips, Sr. and as Successor Trustee of Melvin Phillips, Sr./Orchard Party Trust v. Oneida Indian Nation

What is the effect of the ruling in this case on the hundreds of Indian and non-Indian titles conveyed by the Orchard Party to, New York State and the subsequent conveyances to the public now that the Treaties of 1838 and Canandaigua are not legal authority for the actions of the State of New York in buying and reselling the Orchard Party reservation reservation? Were the decisions of the District Court and the Court of Appeals an abuse of discretion in that: the 19.6 acres was under the exclusive control of the Orchard Party/Pagans by agreement with the other Oneida Indian Tribes in 1805, by treaty with the State of New York in 1842 under authority from the federal government and exclusively possessed owned and occupied by Orchard Party the for 200 years and it is developed and as a the tribal worship site? Does the Orchard Party on the facts of this case including state ratification by treaty of the ownership of Lot 3 by the Orchard Party under federal authority of the treaties, 200 year delay of Plaintiff in asserting its rights, a partition agreement in which the tribe agreed that the land was the Pagans (the predecessors of the Orchard Party), the development of the parcel, that the parcel was under the exclusive control of the Defendants for 200 years with no action taken by the Plaintiffs, and the rest of the facts of this case create an equitable defense to the claim of ownership by the Plaintiff Oneida Indian Nation? Should the case be remanded for additional discovery rather than a judgment on the pleadings to determine: