Federally recognized California Indian tribes: civil remedies.

Existing law makes engaging in specified acts an unlawful trust and an unlawful restraint of trade, and authorizes any person who is injured in their business or property by that act to sue for damages and injunctive relief. Existing law defines the term "person" for purposes of these provisions as including corporations, firms, partnerships, and associations, as specified. This bill would expand the definition of the term "person" to include a federally recognized California Indian tribe. Existing law authorizes a court of competent jurisdiction to make injunctive orders or judgments as may be necessary to prevent the use by any person of any practice that constitutes unfair competition, as defined, or as may be necessary to restore to a person in interest money or property that may have been acquired by means of unfair competition. Existing law, for these purposes, defines the term "person" to mean and include natural persons, corporations, firms, partnerships, joint stock companies, associations, and other organizations of persons. This bill would expand the definition of the term "person" for purposes of these provisions to include a federally recognized California Indian tribe. Existing law establishes that a private person may maintain an action for public nuisance only if the nuisance is especially injurious to them. This bill would define the term "private person" to include a federally recognized California Indian tribe.