Legal Opinion
Mark S. Allen v. Gold Country Casino the Berry Creek Rancheria of Tyme Maidu Indians Mattie Mayhew
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 29, 2006No. 05-15332PublishedCited by 373 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CANBY, Circuit Judge.
Mark Allen is a former employee of the Gold Country Casino, which is owned and operated by the Tyme Maidu Tribe of the Berry Creek Ranchería in California. After the Casino fired Allen, he sued it and the Tribe. The district court dismissed the claims against the Tribe and the Casino on the ground of sovereign immunity. Allen concedes the Tribe’s immunity, but argues that the district court erred in extending that immunity to the Casino without scrutinizing the relationship between the Tribe and the Casino. We find no error in the district court’s dismissal of…
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