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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Breach of Contract

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN PASQUAL BAND OF MISSION

INDIANS, a federally recognized Indian

Tribe,

Plaintiff,

CASE NO. 06cv0988-LAB (AJB)

ORDER

(1) GRANTING CALIFORNIA

NATIONS INDIAN GAMING

ASSOCIATION LEAVE TO FILE

AMICUS CURIAE BRIEF; and

(2) DENYING RINCON BAND OF

LUISENO MISSION INDIANS

LEAVE TO FILE AMICUS

CURIAE BRIEF

[Dkt Nos. 21, 22]

vs.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, CALIFORNIA

GAMBLING CONTROL COMMISSION, an

Agency of the State for California, and

ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, as

Governor of the State of California,

Defendants.

Plaintiff San Pasqual Band of Mission Indians ("San Pasqual") sues the State of California, the

California Gambling Control Commission, and the state Governor in this action seeking a judicial

determination of the correct number of gaming device licenses authorized in the aggregate by the State

Aggregate Limit formula contained in the 1999 Tribal-State Gaming Compact between San Pasqual

and the State. Defendants have filed a Motion To Dismiss plaintiff's Second Amended Complaint

pursuant to FED. R. CIV. P. ("Rule") 12(b)(7) and Rule 19, calendared to be heard January 22, 2007,

alleging all other Compact signatory tribes are necessary and indispensable parties to this action but

have not been joined, and purportedly cannot be joined because of their sovereign immunity from suit.

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The California Nations Indian Gaming Association ("CNIGA") and the Rincon Band of

Luiseno Mission Indians ("Rincon") separately move for leave to file amicus curiae briefs. CNIGA

represents it is a non-profit organization comprised of 68 federally-recognized Indian tribal

governments with Indian lands in California, with its core mission to defend tribal government

authority in Indian Country within California. It describes its goals as seeking to preserve

opportunities to promote tribal economicdevelopment,self-sufficiency, and strong tribal governments,

as envisaged by Congress in enacting the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act ("IGRA"), 25 U.S.C. §§ 701-

21. The IGRA authorized tribal-state gaming compacts such as the one at issue in this litigation.

In consideration of this court's Standing Order regarding leave to file amicus curiae briefs,

CNIGA has made a persuasive showing that the reasoning in Voices For Choices v. Illinois Bell

Telephone Co., 339 F.3d 542 (7th Cir. 2003), adopted as this court's standard for deciding whether to

permit the filing of amicus curiae briefs, applied to these circumstances, warrants consideration of the

perspectives CNIGA brings to the issues presented in defendants' Motion. Accordingly, CNIGA's

request is GRANTED.

In contrast, Rincon's request for leave to file its own amicus curiae brief does not persuade the

court Rincon's contribution to the briefing of the issues would be other than cumulative. CNIGA lists

Rincon as a member tribe, as is San Pasqual, so that Rincon's perspectives are adequately represented

by San Pasqual and by amicus curiae CNIGA. Accordingly, Rincon's request is DENIED. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: January 9, 2007

HONORABLE LARRY ALAN BURNS

United States District Judge

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