Legal Opinion
Mashantucket Pequot Tribe v. Town of Ledyard
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 15, 2013No. Docket 12-1727-cv(L), 12-1735-cv(CON)PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WESLEY, Circuit Judge:
The Mashantucket Pequot Tribe (the “Tribe”) challenges the Town of Ledyard’s (the “Town”) imposition of the State of Connecticut’s (the “State”) personal property tax on the lessors of slot machines used by the Tribe at Foxwoods Resort Casino and MGM Grand at Foxwoods (collectively “Foxwoods”), located in Ledyard, Connecticut. See Conn. Gen.Stat. §§ 12-40 et seq. (the “tax”). The Tribe filed complaints in August 2006 and September 2008 on behalf of two vendors who lease slot machines to the Tribe for use at Fox-woods. The Town and the State appeal from a ruling of the…
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