GOLDEN HILL PAUGUSSETT TRIBE v. WEICKER

No. 2:92CV00738 (PCD).

839 F.Supp. 130 (1993)

GOLDEN HILL PAUGUSSETT TRIBE OF INDIANS, et al. v. Lowell P. WEICKER, Jr., et al.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

July 21, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael D. O'Connell, O'Connell, Flaherty & Attmore, Hartford, CT, David Michael Tilles, Rome, Case, Kennelly & Klebanoff, Bloomfield, CT, Martin D. Wheeler, Connecticut Legal Services, Middletown, CT, William A. Wechsler, Bailey & Wechsler, Hartford, CT, Bernard Wishnia, Roseland, NJ, for Golden Hill Paugussett Tribe of Indians.

David Michael Tilles, Rome, Case, Kennelly & Klebanoff, Bloomfield, CT, Martin D. Wheeler, Connecticut Legal Services, Middletown, CT, William A. Wechsler, Bailey & Wechsler, Hartford, CT, Bernard Wishnia, Roseland, NJ, for Aurelilus H. Piper, Jr., Moonface Bear.

William A. Wechsler, Bailey & Wechsler, Hartford, CT, Bernard Wishnia, Roseland, NJ, for Ethel Sherman Piper Baldwin Peters.

Charles H. Benson, Daniel R. Schaefer, Atty. General's Office, Sp. Litigation, Richard Blumenthal, Atty. General's Office, Admin. Dept., Hartford, CT, for Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.

Mark T. Anastasi, Office of the City Atty., Bridgeport, CT, for Joseph Ganim.

Henry C. Winiarski, Jr., Hartford, CT, Allan van Gestel, Goodwin, Procter & Hoar, Boston, MA, for Hoffman Fuel Co.

Richard L. Albrecht, Alexander H. Schwartz, Cohen & Wolf, P.C., Bridgeport, CT, for Merrill Lynch Interfunding, Inc., Alfred Marini, Sr., Alfred Marini, Jr., Luigi Constantini, Fernando Constantini, Kanuel F. Ferreia.

Mark Richard Kravitz, Noel E. Hanf, Wiggin & Dana, New Haven, CT, for United Illuminating Co.

Richard S. Lipman, Thomas A. Gugliotti, Schatz & Schatz, Ribicoff & Kotkin, Hartford, CT, for Lafayette Bank & Trust Co., Anthony Julian R.R. Const. Co.

Richard L. Albrecht, Alexander H. Schwartz, Austin K. Wolf, Cohen & Wolf, P.C., Bridgeport, CT, for Costal Pallet Corp.

Geoffrey A. Hecht, Virshup, Caplan & Hecht, New Haven, CT, Richard L. Albrecht, Alexander H. Schwartz, Austin K. Wolf, Cohen & Wolf, P.C., Bridgeport, CT, for Peter G. Standish, Christine M. Smilee.

Geoffrey A. Hecht, Virshup, Caplan & Hecht, New Haven, CT, John Pirina, Jr., Union Trust Co., Legal Dept., Shelton, CT, for Union Trust Co.

Janet L. Janczewski, The Southern Connecticut Gas Co., Bridgeport, CT, for Southern Connecticut Gas Co.

Richard J. Buturla, Robert L. Berchem, John J. Kelly, Jr., Berchem, Moses & Devlin, P.C., Milford, CT, for Daddario Industries.

Richard S. Lipman, Schatz & Schatz, Ribicoff & Kotkin, Hartford, CT, for Dominick Julian.

Carl J. Schuman, U.S. Attorney's Office, Hartford, CT, Andrew M. Eschen, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for U.S.

Heidi Cornish, Hunt, Leibert, Chester & Pontacoloni, P.C., Hartford, CT, for Rita Lipton.


RULING ON PENDING MOTIONS

DORSEY, District Judge.

Plaintiffs Golden Hill Paugussett Tribe of Indians and individuals claiming tribe membership have sued pursuant to the Indian Nonintercourse Act, 25 U.S.C. § 177, and the Proclamation of 1763 by King George III of Great Britain, against holders of record title to certain land in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Defendants move to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(1).

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