A Syracuse law firm is entitled to only $5,174 in fees for its role in a 12-year legal fight that it says ultimately helped the Oneida Indian Nation attain great wealth from casino-related enterprises, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has decided.
The panel said the retainer agreement that Bond, Schoeneck & King (BSK) had with the Oneida nations of New York and Wisconsin limited the firm’s fee award to a percentage of the amount the tribes recovered from the state through land claim litigation.
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