BIG VALLEY POMO INDIANS v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. A108615.

35 Cal.Rptr.3d 357 (2005)

133 Cal.App.4th 1185

BIG VALLEY BAND OF POMO INDIANS, Petitioner, v. The SUPERIOR COURT of Lake County, Respondent; Michael McAllister et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Three.

October 12, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel I.S.J. Rey-Bear, Nordhaus, Haltom, Taylor, Taradash & Bladh, LLP, Albuquerque, NM, for Petitioner.

Maximilian J.B. Hopkins, Jessica Scianna, Maximilian J.B. Hopkins, Novato, CA, for Real Parties in Interest.


CORRIGAN, Acting P.J.

The Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians (Tribe) operates a casino. Five casino employees (Employees) who had been terminated from employment sued the Tribe for breach of contract, alleging it failed to provide adequate severance pay. The Tribe enjoys sovereign immunity from a breach of contract suit. That enjoyment is not undermined by the presence of an arbitration clause in its contracts. The trial court is directed to sustain the Tribe's demurrer...

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