FPPC v. SANTA ROSA INDIAN COMMUNITY

No. C044555.

20 Cal.Rptr.3d 292 (2004)

FAIR POLITICAL PRACTICES COMMISSION, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. SANTA ROSA INDIAN COMMUNITY OF the SANTA ROSA RANCHERIA, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

Review Granted January 12, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Riegels Campos & Kenyon and Charity Kenyon; Fair Political Practices Commission, Steven Benito Russo, Luisa Menchaca, William L. Williams, Jr. and C. Scott Tocher, Sacramento, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Monteau & Peebles, Christina V. Kazhe and Michael Robinson, Sacramento; Decker & Desjarlis and Daniel F. Decker, Pablo, MT, for Defendant and Respondent.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Andrea Lynn Hoch, Louis R. Mauro, Assistant Attorneys General, Kenneth R. Williams, Robert C. Nash, Deputy Attorneys General, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.


SIMS, J.

The question in this case is whether the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) can sue an Indian tribe for failure to comply with reporting requirements for campaign contributions contained in the Political Reform Act (PRA), Government Code section 81000 et seq.1

Plaintiff FPPC filed suit against Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria (the Tribe),

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