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BEECHER v. MOHEGAN TRIBE OF INDIANS

No. 17546.

918 A.2d 880 (2007)

282 Conn. 130

Bradley W. BEECHER et al. v. The MOHEGAN TRIBE OF INDIANS OF CONNECTICUT.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided April 24, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Williams, New Haven, for the appellants (plaintiffs).

Andrew L. Houlding, with whom was Glenn E. Coe, Hartford, for the appellee (defendant).

Richard Blumenthal, attorney general, and Susan Quinn Cobb and Robert J. Deichert, assistant attorneys general, filed a brief for the office of the attorney general as amicus curiae.

Meredith G. Diette and Mark C. Tilden filed a brief for the Mashantucket (Western) Pequot Tribe as amicus curiae.

BORDEN, NORCOTT, KATZ, VERTEFEUILLE and ZARELLA, Js.

BORDEN, J.

The sole issue in this appeal is whether a federally recognized Indian tribe has waived tribal sovereign immunity against a vexatious litigation claim in state court by having commenced, in state court, the prior action that is the subject of that vexatious litigation claim. The plaintiffs, Bradley W. Beecher, a former employee of the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Commission (gaming commission), and his wife, Katherine Beecher, appeal1

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