AGUA CALIENTE BAND v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. C043716.

10 Cal.Rptr.3d 679 (2004)

AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT of Sacramento County, Respondent; Fair Political Practices Commission, Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

As Modified March 26, 2004.

Review Granted June 23, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reed Smith Crosby Heafey, Bernard P. Simons, Century City, James C. Martin, George P. Schiavelli, Denise M. Howell, Los Angeles; Law Offices of Art Bunce, Art Bunce, Escondido, Kathryn Clenney; Reed & Davidson, Dana W. Reed and Darryl R. Wold, Irvine, for petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Riegels Campos & Kenyon, Charity Kenyon, Sacramento; Fair Political Practices Commission, Steven Benito Russo, Luisa Menchaca, Sacramento, William L. Williams, Jr., Rio Oso, and Holly B. Armstrong for Real Party in Interest.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Andrea Lynn Hoch, Louis R. Mauro, Assistant Attorneys General, Kenneth R. Williams, Robert C. Nash, Deputy Attorneys General for the Attorney General; Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe, John C. Ulin and D. Eric Shapland, Los Angeles, for California Common Cause, Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest.


SIMS, J.

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

Real party in interest, the FPPC, filed suit against Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians (the Tribe)...

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