Ameriloan v. Superior Court (People)

Full title: AMERILOAN et al., Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY…

Court: California Court of Appeals, Second District, Seventh Division

Date published: Jan 14, 2008

No. B203548 (Cal. Ct. App. Jan. 14, 2008)

Opinion

AMERILOAN et al., Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest. B203548 California Court of Appeal, Second District, Seventh Division January 14, 2008

Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BC373536

OPINION

THE COURT: It is ordered that the opinion filed herein on December 15, 2008 be modified as follows:

1. On page 7, the second sentence in the first paragraph in the Discussion section beginning with “Although Indian tribes” and ending with “congressional authorization to sue.” is deleted and replaced with the following:

An Indian tribe’s sovereign nation status confers an absolute immunity from suit in federal or state court, absent an express waiver of that immunity or congressional authorization to sue.

There is no change in the judgment.

PERLUSS, P. J. ZELON, J.