9th Circuit:  No Bad Faith In California's Gaming Negotiations With Tribe

Mealey's (September 3, 2020, 9:30 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — California officials did not act in bad faith when trying to negotiate a new gaming compact with a Native American tribe, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held Sept. 2 in affirming a summary judgment award to the state officials (Pauma Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pauma & Yuima Reservation v. California, et al., No. 18-56457, 9th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 27931)....