( August 9, 2023, 2:17 PM EDT) -- SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah federal judge did not err in finding that the Ute Indian Tribe used arbitration proceedings to intimidate a potential future witness in one of a series of disputes among the tribe, one of its former employees and an independent contractor, the majority of a 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel found Aug. 8 in affirming the judge’s decision to sanction the tribe with attorney fees....