The Connecticut Supreme Court has overturned a Connecticut Appellate Court ruling in which the town of Ledyard was seeking attorney fees incurred for litigation in a dispute over whether WMS Gaming Inc. should have to pay the town personal property taxes on slot machines at Foxwoods Resort Casino.

The Connecticut Appellate Court agreed with a lower court that Ledyard, a small northeastern Connecticut town, was entitled to an undetermined amount of legal fees. The legal fees were incurred because Ledyard and Rocky Hill-based WMS Gaming disagreed on whether Ledyard was entitled to $18,251 in unpaid personal property taxes, interest, cost and penalties for having the slot machines it owned and leased at the casino, which is owned by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe. Eventually, the two sides entered into a stipulated agreement over the personal property taxes, but the issue of the legal fees Ledyard spent defending the matter remained in dispute. It’s not clear how much the small town spent on legal fees.