Allen concedes the Tribe's immunity, but argues that the district court erred in extending that immunity to the Casino without scrutinizing the relationship between the Tribe and the Casino. The district court dismissed the claims against the Tribe and the Casino on the ground of sovereign immunity. After the Casino fired Allen, he sued it and the Tribe. Mark Allen is a former employee of the Gold Country Casino, which is owned and operated by the Tyme Maidu Tribe of the Berry Creek Rancheria in California. Green, Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw, Pittman, LLP, San Francisco, CA, for the defendants-appellees. Decided: September 29, 2006īefore CANBY, THOMPSON, and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges.ĭonald Earl Childress III, Jones Day, Washington, D.C., for the plaintiff-appellant. GOLD COUNTRY CASINO The Berry Creek Rancheria of Tyme Maidu Indians Mattie Mayhew, Defendants-Appellees. United States Court of Appeals,Ninth Circuit.
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