The state claims the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation lacks standing to bring the lawsuit seeking compensation for reservation land taken more than a century ago, and that Connecticut is protected by sovereign immunity.
February 16, 2017 at 04:01 PM
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Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman in Manhattan is leading an American Indian tribe’s fight to recoup $600 million from Connecticut for seizing a large swath of its reservation more than 100 years ago.
The Schaghticoke Tribal Nation and Connecticut will appear in Hartford Superior Court for an April 3 hearing on a motion to dismiss in Schaghticoke Tribal Nation v. State of Connecticut. The state claims the tribe lacks standing to sue, and that the state is protected by sovereign immunity.
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