Legal Opinion
Ellis v. Allied Snow Plowing, Removal & Sanding Services Corp.
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided January 13, 2004No. AC 23496PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PETERS, J.
The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation is a Native American tribe that, because it has obtained federal recognition, has sovereign immunity from state court tort actions. See Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma v. Manufacturing Technologies, Inc., 523 U.S. 751, 754, 118 S. Ct. 1700, 140 L. Ed. 2d 981 (1998); Kizis v. Morse Diesel International, Inc., 260 Conn. 46, 52-53, 794 A.2d 498 (2002); see also 25 U.S.C. § 1758; General Statutes § 47-59a. The issue in this case is whether the tribe’s sovereign immunity entitles a general contractor to claim sovereign immunity from state court…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Strate v. A-1 ContractorsSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma v. Manufacturing Technologies, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1998
- Gazo v. City of StamfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2001
- Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma v. Manufacturing Technologies, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1998
- Cumberland Farms, Inc. v. Town of GrotonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2002
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- Buzulis v. Mohegan Sun CasinoMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2007
- Ellis v. Allied Snow Plowing, Removal & Sanding Services Corp.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 2004