Government,
Civil Litigation
Aug. 9, 2017
Governor signs bill favoring tribal courts, but lone dissenter won in court
Gov. Jerry Brown has approved a bill ensuring that money judgments in tribal courts are enforceable in California courtrooms.
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown OK’d a bill ensuring that money judgments in tribal courts are enforceable in California state court.
In a strange twist, AB 905 was signed on Monday, the same day a man who fought a lonely, unsuccessful battle to stop the bill prevailed in his legal case in tribal court.
The bill represents the culmination of years of work by California tribes and their legal adv...
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