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CACHIL DEHE BAND OF WINTUN INDIANS v. CALIFORNIA

No. 06-16145.

536 F.3d 1034 (2008)

CACHIL DEHE BAND OF WINTUN INDIANS OF the COLUSA INDIAN COMMUNITY, a federally recognized Indian Tribe, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. State of CALIFORNIA; California Gambling Control Commission, an agency of the State of California; and Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of the State of California, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 8, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Forman, Forman & Associates, San Rafael, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Christine M. Murphy, Deputy Attorney General, Sacramento, CA (briefs); Peter H. Kaufman, Deputy Attorney General, San Diego, CA (oral argument); for the defendants-appellees.

Before: WILLIAM C. CANBY, JR., ANDREW J. KLEINFELD, and JAY S. BYBEE, Circuit Judges.

CANBY, Circuit Judge:

This appeal concerns the joinder requirements of Rule 19 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and their effect on litigation brought by an Indian tribe engaged in casino gaming. The Cachil Dehe Band of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian Community ("Colusa"), a federally recognized Indian tribe, entered into a gaming compact with the State of California in 1999. Colusa brought this action for declaratory and injunctive relief against the State...

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