( July 10, 2023, 3:10 PM EDT) -- SAN DIEGO — In a long-running tribal leadership battle that has made six previous trips to California appeals courts, another panel of appellate judges turned back challenges by an attorney for one of the tribal factions to the dismissal of his suit seeking payment for representing the group, finding that the federal government did not grant the faction “ostensible authority” to enter into the fee agreement on behalf of the tribe....