Legal Opinion
Pan American Company v. Sycuan Band of Mission Indians
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 20, 1989No. 87-6738PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FERGUSON, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-Appellant Pan American Company (Pan Am) filed suit in district court challenging the validity of an amended bingo ordinance enacted by the Sycuan Band of Mission Indians (Band) which imposed licensure and work permit requirements on Pan Am’s ongoing bingo operations. We affirm the district court’s dismissal of Pan Am’s complaint for jurisdictional defects based on failure to prove that the Band had waived tribal sovereign immunity.
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The Sycuan Band of Mission Indians, a federally recognized Indian tribe, occupies a reservation in San Diego County. In November…
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