Brown v. Garcia

Filed 10/31/17; Certified for Publication 11/29/17 (order attached) IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION THREE ROSE BROWN et al., Plaintiff and Appellant, A150374 v. AUGUSTIN GARCIA et al., (Lake County Super. Ct. No. CV415928) Defendants and Respondents. This action is between two groups of the Elem Indian Colony Pomo Tribe (the Tribe), the “Brown faction” (plaintiffs) and the “Garcia Council” (defendants). Plaintiffs sued the Garcia Council over allegedly defamatory statements published in a notification that warned they would be disenrolled if…