United States Ninth Circuit

An unincorporated Indian tribe is not a "citizen" of a state within the meaning of the federal diversity statute, thus an action based on a contract for gaming management and consulting services provided to the tribe, was correctly dismissed. (Amended opinion)

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/14/2002
• Decided 07/29/2002
• Published 07/29/2002

Judges

• FISHER, Circuit Judge., Before: REINHARDT, MAGILL  and FISHER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Gregory S. Cavallo, Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro, San Francisco, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Paula M. Yost, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, San Francisco, CA, for the defendant-appellee.