FILE - in this March 20, 2012 file photo, people walk on the Grand Canyon Skywalk during the First Walk event at the Grand Canyon on the Hualapai Indian Reservation at Grand Canyon West, Ariz. On Friday, Oct. 19, 2012, Las Vegas developer David Jin's attorneys will argue before the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco that the Hualapai tribal court system is manipulated by members of the Tribal Council, hasn't given Jin a fair shot and that he shouldn't have to fight his legal battles there. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
FILE - in this March 20, 2012 file photo, people walk on the Grand Canyon Skywalk during the First Walk event at the Grand Canyon on the Hualapai Indian Reservation at Grand Canyon West, Ariz. On Friday, Oct. 19, 2012, Las Vegas developer David Jin's attorneys will argue before the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco that the Hualapai tribal court system is manipulated by members of the Tribal Council, hasn't given Jin a fair shot and that he shouldn't have to fight his legal battles there. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
FILE - In this March 20, 2007 file photo, people walk on the Skywalk during the First Walk event at the Grand Canyon on the Hualapai Indian Reservation at Grand Canyon West, Ariz. Las Vegas developer David Jin has been bounced between tribal and federal court in an effort to protect his financial interest in the Skywalk, a popular glass bridge that extends from the canyon's edge on tribal land in western Arizona. On Friday, Oct. 19, 2012, David Jin's attorneys will argue before the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco that the Hualapai tribal court system is manipulated by members of the Tribal Council, hasn't given Jin a fair shot and that he shouldn't have to fight his legal battles there. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ? An attorney for the developer of a popular glass bridge over the Grand Canyon is arguing in U.S. appellate court that a Native American tribal court is not giving his client a fair shot to protect his financial stake.
Troy Eid (EYED) told a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday that his client, David Jin, should not have to fight his legal battles in the Hualapai (WAHL'-uh-peye) tribal court system.
The Las Vegas developer and the Arizona-based tribe have been locked in a dispute, which could be worth tens of millions of dollars, over management fees and an incomplete visitor center.
Eid argues that the tribal court lacks jurisdiction.
Jeffrey Gross, an attorney for the tribe, told the panel that Jin signed a contract allowing the bridge operation to be governed by Hualapai law.
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