In Tribal Contract Dispute, Utah Federal Judge Refuses To Sanction Businessman

(September 11, 2023, 12:49 PM EDT) -- SALT LAKE CITY — A business development contractor who has a long-running breach of contract dispute with the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation did not act in bad faith when he responded to the tribe’s motion to dismiss in state court despite being enjoined from taking any action in the case, a Utah federal judge found in refusing to sanction the man with attorney fees....