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JO-ANN DARK-EYES v. COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE SERVICES (SC 17140)
Sullivan, C. J., and Norcott, Katz, Palmer and Vertefeuille, Js. Argued September 6, 2005--officially released January 3, 2006

Mark T. Kelly, with whom was David Wayne Winters, for the appellant (plaintiff). Richard Blumenthal, attorney general, with whom was Susan Quinn Cobb, assistant attorney general, for the appellee (defendant). Kevin T. Kane, state's attorney, and Sarah E. Steere, assistant state's attorney, filed a brief for the New London state's attorney's office as amicus curiae. David S. Williams and Donald Laverdue, pro hac vice, filed a brief for the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe as amicus curiae. Lloyd L. Langhammer, Donald C. Baur, pro hac vice, and Jena A. MacLean, pro hac vice, filed a brief for the town of Ledyard et al. as amici curiae.
Opinion

KATZ, J. The issue in this tax appeal is whether the plaintiff, Jo-Ann Dark-Eyes, an enrolled member of the federally recognized Mashantucket Pequot Tribe (tribe), was subject to state income tax on income she derived from sources within the tribe's reservation while living on property owned by the tribe and designated by the United States Congress as ``private settlement lands'' pursuant to the Mashantucket Pequot Indian Claims Settlement Act (settlement act), 25 U.S.C.

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