Civil Litigation
Apr. 27, 2021
State appeals US judge’s order to approve gaming contracts with tribes
One of the lead attorneys representing the tribes, Lester J. Marston with Rapport & Marston in Ukiah, said his efforts to get the administration to schedule new negotiations have been rebuffed. He said the tribes will oppose the appeal and an expedited hearing.
The state Department of Justice appealed a federal judge's ruling ordering Sacramento to approve new gaming compacts for five California tribes.
Deputy Attorney General Timothy M. Muscat filed the appeal Friday. Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians, 1:19-cv-00024-AWI-SKO (E.D. Cal., filed Jan. 4, 2019).
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