Here are the materials in Great Plains Lending LLC v. Connecticut Dept. of Banking (Conn. Super.):
News coverage here: “Oklahoma tribe appeals $1.5 million in payday lending fines.”
Connecticut Superior Court
Gaming Facility Lease Dispute Dismissed from Conn. Courts
Here is the opinion in Big Bubba’s BBQ, LLC v. Mohegan Tribal Gaming Auth. (Conn. Super.) (PDF).
An excerpt:
As a matter of fact and of law, this court finds no waiver of sovereign immunity that would permit this court to proceed with this case. More specifically, the court finds no such waiver as to a suit under Conn. Gen.Stat. § 47a–43, whether the trial be by court or jury (see Conn. Gen.Stat. § 47a–44 and § 47a–45), or as to the equitable relief sought in this case (see Conn. Gen.Stat. § 47a–45a(a), including restitution, and § 52–471 et seq., as to an injunction with or without bond) or as to any potential (but not pled) double damages claim (see Conn. Gen.Stat. § 47a–46).
Connecticut Trial Court Quashes Subpoena of Mohegan and Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Representatives
Here is the order in Davis v. Senibaldi (Conn. Sup. Ct.):
The tribes and tribal reps are third parties to a dram shop action, and the court held that sovereign immunity required the quashing on the subpoena.
Connecticut Court Dismisses Dram Shop Action against Mohegans
Maybe another one to watch involving the state law question of whether tribal businesses are immune from Dram Shop actions. The case is Vanstaen-Holland v. Lavigne.
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