Legal Opinion
Native American Mohegans v. United States
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided February 12, 2002No. 3:00CV2015(JBA); Doc. ##25, 28, 30PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
ARTERTON, District Judge.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. Introduction.201
II. Factual Background.202
III. Discussion.207
A. State’s Motion to Dismiss .207
1. Sovereign immunity.207
2. Necessary and indispensable parties .210
i. Necessary party.211
ii. Indispensable party.211
B. Tribal Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss.213
1. Tribal sovereign immunity.214
2. Necessary and indispensable parties .217
C. Federal Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss .217
1. Statute of limitations.217
i. The purpose of § 1775h.218
ii. § 1775h comports with due process.220
2. Tribal recognition.222
IV. Conclusion.223
I. Introduction
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