Legal Opinion
Findleton v. Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 29, 2016No. A142560PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
STEWART, J.
This appeal requires us to determine whether a Native American tribe known as the Coyote Valley Band of Porno Indians (the Tribe) validly waived its sovereign immunity for purposes of the enforcement by construction contractor Robert Findleton (Findleton) of arbitration provisions in contracts between them. Findleton claims the Tribe waived its sovereign immunity when its Tribal Council entered into, and then amended, contracts with Findleton containing arbitration clauses and also adopted a resolution expressly waiving sovereign immunity to allow arbitration of disputes…
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