Tribe Wins Dismissal Of Fishing Rights Suit Based On Its Immunity

Mealey's (January 29, 2018, 1:50 PM EST) -- EUREKA, Calif. — A California Indian tribe cannot sue another tribe in federal court over fishing rights on the first tribe’s reservation because of tribal sovereign immunity, a federal magistrate judge held Jan. 25 (Yurok Tribe v. Resighnini Rancheria, et al., No. 16-cv-02471, N.D. Calif., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 12444)....