Tribe's Consent To Continued Jurisdiction Dooms Immunity Claim, 9th Circuit Rules

Mealey's (September 25, 2020, 8:51 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A California tribe waived its sovereign immunity in a dispute over a proposed casino along the San Francisco Bay shoreline by consenting to a federal court's continued jurisdiction to enforce a prior stipulated judgment, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed Sept. 22 (SPRAWLDEF, et al. v. Guidiville Rancheria of California, et al., No. 19-16278, 9th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 30236)....