RINCON BAND OF LUISEÑO MISSION INDIANS ETC. v. FLYNT

No. D077571.

70 Cal.App.5th 1059 (2021)

RINCON BAND OF LUISEÑO MISSION INDIANS OF THE RINCON RESERVATION CALIFORNIA et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. LARRY FLYNT et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division One.

October 28, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fennemore Craig, Todd Kartchner ; Crowell Law Office Tribal Advocacy Group and Scott Crowell for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Denise Turner Walsh , Attorney General (Rincon Band of Luiseño Mission Indians of the Rincon Reservation California), for Plaintiff and Appellant Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians.

Richard Wideman ; and Walter Viar for Plaintiff and Appellant Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians.

Dentons US, Jeffry Butler ; and Paula Yost , Attorney General (Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation), for Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Tuari Bigknife , Attorney General ( Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians), for Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Mark Radoff for Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Steve M. Bodmer for Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Diane Vitols for Morongo Band of Mission Indians as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

John T. Plata for Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Michael Hollowell for Redding Rancheria as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Procopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch and Glenn M. Feldman for Cabazon Band of Mission Indians and San Pasqual Band of Mission Indians as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Susan Jensen for California Nations Indian Gaming Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Karcher Harmes and Kathryn E. Karcher for Defendants and Respondents Blackstone Gaming, LLC, PT Gaming, LLC, Pacific United Service, Inc., Metis TPS, LLC, Knighted Ventures, LLC, and Majesty Partners, LLC.

Solomon Ward Seidenwurm & Smith and Stephen L. Schreiner for Defendants and Respondents Blackstone Gaming, LLC, PT Gaming, LLC, Pacific United Service, Inc., and Sahara Dunes Casino.

Law Office of Tracey Buck-Walsh and Tracey Buck-Walsh for Defendant and Respondent PT Gaming, LLC.

Koning Zollar, Blake M. Zollar , Shaun Paisley ; Falk & Sharp and Keith A. Sharp for Defendant and Respondent Metis TPS, LLC.

Hogan Lovells and Ann C. Kim for Defendants and Respondents Knighted Ventures, LLC, and Majesty Partners, LLC.

J. Blonien and Danielle M. Guard for Defendants and Respondents Halcyon Gaming, LLC, LE Gaming, Inc., Certified Players, Inc., and Qualified Players Services.

Law Office of Martin N. Buchanan and Martin N. Buchanan for Defendants and Respondents California Commerce Club, Bicycle Casino, LP, Sahara Dunes Casino, LP, Hollywood Park Casino Company, Oceans 11 Casino, LLC, Celebrity Casinos, Inc., Stones South Bay Corp., Hawaiian Gardens Casino, El Dorado Enterprises, Inc., and Casino, LLC.

Cooley, Michael A. Attanasio and Leo P. Norton for Defendant and Respondent Hawaiian Gardens Casino.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and Maurice Min-Ho Suh for Defendants and Respondents Bicycle Casino, LP, Hollywood Park Casino Company, LLC, and Celebrity Casinos, Inc.

Duane Morris and Patricia P. Hollenbeck for Defendant and Respondent Stones South Bay Corp.

White & Reed and Michael R. White for Defendant and Respondent Oceans 11 Casino.

Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria, Jonathan W. Brown ; Law Offices of Mark Hoffman, Erika Mansky and Mark Hoffman for Defendants and Respondents Larry Flynt, individually and as trustee of the Larry Flynt Revocable Trust, Casino, LLC, and El Dorado Enterprises, Inc.

Greenfield Southwick and Maureen Harrington for Defendant and Respondent California Commerce Club.


OPINION

INTRODUCTION

The California Constitution gives American Indian tribes the exclusive right to offer casino-style banked games1 in California. (Cal. Const., art. IV, § 19, subd. (f).) The plaintiffs—two American Indian tribes, business entities affiliated with the...

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