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P1502 The sovereign immunity that prevents an Indian tribe from being subject to the jurisdiction of California courts applies also to arms of the tribe engaged in off-reservation, for-profit, commercial conduct, but the immunity does not apply to corporations chartered by the tribe that are completely independent of the tribe and not operated as arms of the tribe.CitationAMERILOAN v SUPERIOR COURT (Tribal Shylocks) 169 CA4 81 [See: FinC 23000 etseq; Kiowa v Manufacturing 523 US 751; Agua Caliente v Superior Court 40 C4 239; Redding Rancheria v Superior Court 88 CA4 384 T/AT 4/01; Trudgeon v Fantasy Springs 71 CA4 632, T/AT 5/99; Lawrence v Barona 153 CA4 1364, P/AT 9/07]
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