CALIFORNIA COMMERCE CASINO, INC., v. SCHWARZENEGGER PART I
Statute purporting to grant California Supreme Court jurisdiction over appeals from judgments in superior court actions challenging Indian gaming compacts violated constitutional provision granting court of appeal jurisdiction over appeals from superior courts other than as specified in the constitution. Action challenging constitutionality of statute approving gaming compacts, which provided that tribes would pay certain revenues to a state entity to be used to securitize transportation bonds, was effectively a reverse validation action subject to 60-day statute of limitations and to 30-day limit on time to appeal.
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