Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians, et al. v. State of California, et al.

  1. June 29, 2022

    Calif. To Extend Gaming Compacts With Dozens Of Tribes

    California will extend gambling agreements with more than two dozen Native American tribes in the state, according to a U.S. Department of the Interior notice set to publish in the Federal Register on Friday, including five tribes that have accused the Golden State of bad faith gaming negotiations.

  2. September 13, 2021

    Tribes Urge 9th Circ. To Affirm Calif. Negotiated In Bad Faith

    Five tribes urged the Ninth Circuit to uphold a lower court ruling that California negotiated required gaming compacts in bad faith and in violation of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act by adding provisions unrelated to gaming.

  3. August 31, 2021

    Calif. Resists Resumption Of 'Bad Faith' Tribal Gaming Suit

    California has urged a federal judge not to lift a temporary stay on five tribes' suit accusing the state of "bad faith" in gaming compact negotiations, arguing that issues raised in a pending appeal before the Ninth Circuit have not yet been decided by the appellate court.

  4. August 13, 2021

    Calif. Tribes Ask To Resume Gambling Compact Suit

    Five tribes asked a federal judge to resume pursuing their bad faith negotiations claims against the state of California, arguing that there is no good reason to continue pausing the gambling compact suit after the Ninth Circuit ruled against a stay.

  5. May 28, 2021

    Calif. Granted Short Stay In Tribal Gaming Compacts Suit

    A federal judge granted California a short stay after it appealed a quick win handed to five tribes that claim it negotiated gaming compacts in bad faith, though he denied a full stay after finding the state did not demonstrate it would be harmed by complying with the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act's remedial procedures.

  6. April 01, 2021

    Calif. Negotiated Gaming Compacts In Bad Faith, Court Rules

    A California federal judge issued a quick win to five tribes claiming the state negotiated gaming compacts — required to operate games — in bad faith, ruling that California violated the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act by adding provisions unrelated to gaming.

  7. December 05, 2019

    Tribes Decry Calif.'s Proposed Fee In Gambling Pact Talks

    A group of tribes assailed California's bid for an early win in a suit accusing the state of negotiating a gambling compact in bad faith, saying in their opposition the state wrongfully refused to drop a tax-like revenue-sharing proposal.

  8. November 13, 2019

    Revenue Sharing Allowed In Indian Gaming Pacts, Calif. Says

    States can impose tax-like revenue sharing fees on Native American gambling proceeds and are not prohibited by federal law from including the issue in negotiations with state tribes over gambling agreements, the California government has told a federal court.