In Cook v. Avi Casino, a divided Ninth Circuit panel held that a dram shop action against Avi Casino Enterprises, a wholly owned corporation owned by the Fort Mohave Indian Tribe and chartered under the laws of the tribe, was barred by sovereign immunity. The panel split over the question of whether the federal court had jurisdiction over the claim on the basis of diversity.
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