In Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians v. California, 2022 WL 2978615 (9th Cir. 2022), five California tribes sued the State of California, contending that the State failed.
A Three Affiliated Tribes member urged a North Dakota federal court Monday to reject a bid by the tribes' business council to end a suit alleging it defrauded the member's company of nearly $46 million from a concrete business, saying the case doesn't involve an intratribal dispute and the federal court should tackle the case.
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ND Tribes Hit With $46M RICO Suit Over Concrete Biz
Law360 (March 31, 2021, 7:46 PM EDT) The owner of a South Dakota company has filed a lawsuit in North Dakota federal court alleging that the Three Affiliated Tribes and a former tribal council member defrauded the company of nearly $46 million from a jointly owned concrete business.
Bird Industries Inc. and owner Laura Bird said in a complaint Tuesday that the business council of the Three Affiliated Tribes, which is also known as the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation, and former council member Frank Grady violated the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act by hiding profits from a joint venture created by Bird and the tribe to.