Friday, June 30, 2006

As reported by the Gold County Press-Tribute: "A new legal wrangle unfolded
Tuesday in a Placer County Superior Court harassment and discrimination case
filed by seven former female Thunder Valley Casino employees. "Casino
manager Station Casinos is asking that Commissioner Margaret Wells be
replaced with a judge. "The move by Station Casino attorneys comes after
Wells issued a tentative ruling stating that while Thunder Valley's owner -
the United Auburn Indian Community - was exempted from proceedings because
of the tribe's sovereign status, the suit against Station Casinos may
proceed.

"What was initially scheduled to be a hearing on Wells' tentative ruling on
the Nevada-based Station Casinos status as a possible employer of the woman
has now become further entangled in submissions over the commissioner's
presence on the bench.