(December 1, 2017, 2:47 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A California appeals court on Nov. 29 certified for publication its decision affirming a trial court’s dismissal of a defamation suit filed by one faction of an Indian tribe against another based on the tribe’s sovereign immunity (Rose Brown, et al. v. Augustin Garcia, et al., No. A150374, Calif. App., 1st Dist., Div. 3, 2017 Cal. App. LEXIS 1065)....