United States Ninth Circuit
Cachil Dehe Band of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian Cmty. v. California, 06-16145
In a dispute of control over the licensing of electronic gaming machines, grant of judgment on the pleadings for the state is reversed in part where: 1) the district court held that Indian tribes absent from the litigation were required parties under Rule 19(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for all of plaintiffs claims; but 2) the absent tribes were not required parties for any of plaintiff's claims except its claim of California's failure negotiate it gaming compact with plaintiff in good faith.
Appellate Information
- Argued 04/09/2008
- Decided 10/24/2008
- Published 10/24/2008
Judges
- Before: WILLIAM C. CANBY, JR., ANDREW J. KLEINFELD, and JAY S. BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- George Forman, Forman & Associates, San Rafael, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant.
- For Appellees:
- Christine M. Murphy, Deputy Attorney General, Sacramento, CA (briefs); Peter H. Kaufman, Deputy Attorney General, San Diego, CA (oral argument); for the defendants-appellees.