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SCHAGHTICOKE INDIANS OF KENT, CONNECTICUT, INC. v. POTTER

(14005)

217 Conn. 612 (1991)

SCHAGHTICOKE INDIANS OF KENT, CONNECTICUT, INC. v. KEITH POTTER ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released March 5, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Grace M. Dodier, assistant attorney general, with whom were Robert B. Teitelman and Joseph Rubin, assistant attorneys general, and, on the brief, Clarine Nardi Riddle, then attorney general, for the appellants (intervening plaintiffs).

William R. Breetz, with whom were Iris J. Brown and, on the brief, Lewis K. Wise, amici curiae.

Richard B. Stewart, assistant attorney general, Stanley A. Twardy, Jr., United States attorney, Carl Schuman, assistant United States attorney, Robert L. Klarquist and Edward J. Shawaker, filed a brief for the United States as amicus curiae.

Julia T. Bradley filed a brief for the Indian Law Project as amicus curiae.

PETERS C. J., SHEA, CALLAHAN, GLASS and COVELLO, JS.

COVELLO, J.

This appeal concerns the right of the state of Connecticut to intervene in a dispute between an Indian tribe and its alleged tribal chief. The dispositive issue is whether Connecticut courts can exercise civil jurisdiction over actions involving only Schaghticoke Indians and relating solely to the Schaghticoke reservation. This, in turn, depends on: (1) whether federal law preempts the exercise of state civil jurisdiction over the Schaghticoke reservation...

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