Legal Opinion
MM&A PRODUCTIONS, LLC v. YAVAPAI-APACHE NATION
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided January 16, 2014No. 2 CA-CV 2013-0051PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KELLY, Presiding Judge.
¶ 1 MM&A Productions, LLC, appeals from the trial court’s judgment dismissing its contract action against the Yavapai-Apache Nation and related entities for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. It argues the court erred by concluding it had failed to show a valid waiver of the Nation’s sovereign immunity, and by not allowing further discovery and holding an evidentiary hearing before ruling. We affirm.
Factual and Procedural Background
¶ 2 In 2008, MM&A filed a complaint against the Yavapai-Apache Nation, its tribal gaming board, the tribe’s Cliff Castle Casino,…
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