Legal Opinion
Long v. Chemehuevi Indian Reservation
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 16, 1981No. Civ. 23001PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
THE COURT. *
In a wrongful death action, the trial court sustained the general demurrer without leave to amend of the Chemehuevi Indian Tribe, and ordered that the case be dismissed as to the tribe due to lack of subject jurisdiction. Longs appeal from that order. Other named defendants are not party to this appeal.
Facts
On October 22, 1978, plaintiffs’ decedent, William Long, was killed in a boating accident at the Havasu Landing Resort Marina, on the Colorado River. The marina, located on the Chemehuevi Indian Reservation, is allegedly owned and operated by the Chemehuevi Indian Tribe…
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