Ellis George LLP obtained two judgments totaling more than $43 million on behalf of the Yavapai-Apache Nation, against the Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel. One of the judgments was issued by a tribal court, and the other by an Arizona state court. The judgments represented the full amount of principal and interest that the Yavapai-Apache Nation had loaned to the Iipay Nation of Santa Ysable to assist the Iipay Nation in building a casino in the San Diego area Ellis George also obtained reversal of a California state court order dismissing the action against the Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel on sovereign immunity grounds. Eric George and Ira Bibbero represented the Yavapai-Apache Nation.
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