PAN AMERICAN CO. v. SYCUAN BAND OF MISSION INDIANS

No. 87-6738.

884 F.2d 416 (1989)

PAN AMERICAN COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SYCUAN BAND OF MISSION INDIANS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 28, 1989.

As Amended November 20, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jon H. Epsten, Robert O. Lesher, Lesher & Borodkin, Tucson, Ariz., for plaintiff-appellant.

George Forman, Alexander & Karshmer, Berkeley, Cal., for defendant-appellee.

Before FARRIS, FERGUSON and BEEZER, Circuit Judges.


FERGUSON, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-Appellant Pan American Company (Pan Am) filed suit in district court challenging the validity of an amended bingo ordinance enacted by the Sycuan Band of Mission Indians (Band) which imposed licensure and work permit requirements on Pan Am's ongoing bingo operations. We affirm the district court's dismissal of Pan Am's complaint for jurisdictional defects based on failure to prove that the Band had waived tribal sovereign immunity...

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