Tribe Can’t Use Its New Court To Invalidate Federal Court Judgment, Judge Says

Mealey's (June 24, 2021, 8:53 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — While the right of Indian tribes to govern themselves and receive the benefits of tribal sovereignty is “unquestioned,” a tribe in California stretched its sovereign powers too far when it created a tribal court just to challenge a breach of contract judgment imposed against it by a federal court, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California held June 21 in enjoining the tribe from using a tribal court proceeding to overturn the federal court’s decision....