Mealey's (February 6, 2017, 3:48 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A California federal judge on Feb. 2 awarded one tribal faction in an election dispute some of its attorney fees for defending fraud and racketeering claims asserted by the rival faction-led tribe after finding that the tribe litigated the “exceptionally meritless” claims in an “unreasonable manner” (Elem Indian Colony of Pomo Indians of the Sulphur Bank Rancheria v. Ceiba Legal, LLP, et al., No. 4:16-cv-03081, N.D. Calif., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 15829)....