Legal Opinion

Fountain v. Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority

Mohegan Gaming Disputes Trial Court

Decided June 7, 2012No. GDTC-D-10-123-PMGPublished

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION ON MOTION TO DISMISS

GUERNSEY, C.J.

After a rather tortuous pleading journey,1 the Defendant has challenged the jurisdiction of this Court to entertain Plaintiffs Revised Complaint on grounds that the same fails to identify any waiver of sovereign immunity. The Plaintiff objects, arguing that her complaint incorporates Form GDC-12, required to be filed in all Discriminatory Employment Practices claims, and that this form leaves no doubt as to the waiver of sovereign immunity under which Plaintiffs Count One has been brought. As to Count Two, based on the alleged denial of…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Pirolli v. Mohegan Tribal Gaming AuthorityMohegan Gaming Disputes Trial Court · 1998
  2. Worthen v. Mohegan Tribal Gaming AuthorityMohegan Gaming Disputes Trial Court · 2000
  3. Worthen v. Mohegan Tribal Gaming AuthorityMohegan Gaming Disputes Trial Court · 2001
  4. Colon v. StateConnecticut Appellate Court · 2011
  5. Gavis v. Office of the Director of RegulationMohegan Gaming Disputes Trial Court · 2008

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