Legal Opinion
Ameriloan v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 15, 2008No. B203548PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PERLUSS, P. J.
As a matter of federal law, absent congressional authorization or an Indian tribe’s consent to suit, a federally recognized Indian tribe enjoys immunity from any suit in state court, even if the activity that is the subject of the lawsuit is purely commercial in nature or occurs on nontribal lands. (Kiowa Tribe of Okla. v. Manufacturing Technologies, Inc. (1998) 523 U.S. 751, 754-755 [140 L.Ed.2d 981, 118 S.Ct. 1700] (Kiowa).) That immunity extends to a tribe’s for-profit business entities when the entity is operating on behalf of the tribe. (See Agua Caliente Band of…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Santa Clara Pueblo v. MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Mescalero Apache Tribe v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Oklahoma Tax Comm'n v. Citizen Band of Potawatomi Tribe of Okla.Supreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Bryan v. Itasca CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Mark S. Allen v. Gold Country Casino the Berry Creek Rancheria of Tyme Maidu Indians Mattie MayhewCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2006
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3Cited by3 opinions
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