Opinion ID: 6357359
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Heading Rank: 3

Heading: standard of review

Text: A motion to dismiss ... properly attacks the jurisdiction of the court, essentially asserting that the plaintiff cannot as a matter of law and fact state a cause of action that should be heard by the court. (Internal quotation marks omitted.) Columbia Air Services, Inc. v. Dept. of Transportation , 293 Conn. 342 , 346, 977 A.2d 636 (2009). A motion to dismiss may be brought to assert, inter alia, lack of jurisdiction over the subject matter .... Practice Book § 10-30(a)(1). [T]he plaintiff bears the burden of proving subject matter jurisdiction, whenever and however raised. (Internal quotation marks omitted.) Fort Trumbull Conservancy, LLC v. New London , 265 Conn. 423 , 430 n.12, 829 A.2d 801 (2003). The requirement of subject matter jurisdiction cannot be waived by any party and can be raised at any stage in the proceedings. (Internal quotation marks omitted.) Burton v. Commissioner of Environmental Protection , 291 Conn. 789 , 802, 970 A.2d 640 (2009) ; see Carraway v. Commissioner of Correction , 317 Conn. 594 , 601 n.9, 119 A.3d 1153 (2015) ; see also Practice Book § 10-33 (lack of subject matter jurisdiction cannot be waived). Whenever the absence of jurisdiction is brought to the notice of the court or tribunal, cognizance of it must be taken and the matter passed upon before it can move one further step in the cause; as any movement is necessarily the exercise of jurisdiction. (Internal quotation marks omitted.)  Federal Deposit Ins. Co. v. Peabody N.E., Inc. , 239 Conn. 93 , 99, 680 A.2d 1321 (1996). Because standing implicates the court's subject matter jurisdiction, it is a proper basis for granting a motion to dismiss. Electrical Contractors, Inc. v. Dept. of Education , 303 Conn. 402 , 413, 35 A.3d 188 (2012) ; Connecticut Associated Builders & Contractors v. Anson , 251 Conn. 202 , 205-206, 740 A.2d 804 (1999). In reviewing a motion to dismiss, the court must presume the facts to be those alleged in the complaint, including those facts necessarily implied from the allegations, construing them in a manner most favorable to the pleader. Sullins v. Rodriguez , 281 Conn. 128 , 132, 913 A.2d 415 (2007). [W]henever a court discovers that it has no jurisdiction, it is bound to dismiss the case .... (Internal quotation marks omitted.) Pet v. Department of Health Services , 207 Conn. 346 , 351, 542 A.2d 672 (1988). III