California Panel Reverses In Row Between 2 Tribes Over Casino Loan

Mealey's (April 8, 2022, 12:22 PM EDT) -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A tribal court’s ruling that a tribe misrepresented a fact in a loan agreement with another tribe cannot be used as the basis for a state court ruling against the borrower tribe because the tribal court’s decision does not meet the definition of the term “final determination” in the agreement, a California appeals court held April 6 in reversing the state court’s judgment for the lending tribe....