9th Circuit Upholds Dismissal Of Suit Over Wind Farm On California Reservation

Mealey's ( October 31, 2022, 1:00 PM EDT) -- PASADENA, Calif. — Environmental justice plaintiffs in California cannot challenge a lease for a proposed 72-turbine wind farm on tribal land because the tribe is a necessary party to the dispute but cannot be sued due to its sovereign immunity, a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel held in affirming dismissal of the action....