Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation v. Edmund G. Brown, Jr.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 YOCHA DEHE WINTUN NATION, No. 2:19-cv-00025-JAM-AC
VIEJAS BAND OF KUMEYAAY
INDIANS, and SYCUAN BAND OF
THE KUMEYAAY NATION,
ORDER DENYING THE CALIFORNIA Plaintiffs, GAMING ASSOCIATION’S MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION v. 15 GAVIN NEWSOM, Governor of California, and the STATE OF
CALIFORNIA,
17 Defendants. 18 On January 3, 2019, the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation, and Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians (collectively “Plaintiffs” or “Tribes”) filed a complaint against the State of California and Governor Gavin Newsom (collectively “Defendants”). Compl., ECF No. 1. Plaintiffs alleged Defendants breached their Tribal-State Compacts and the covenants of good faith and fair dealing implied therein. See Compl. ¶¶ 124-135. Shortly thereafter, Defendants filed a motion to dismiss, and the California Gaming Association (“CGA”) filed a motion to intervene. Defs.’ Mot. to Dismiss, ECF No. 17; CGA’s…