The plaintiff provided electrical engineering and consulting services for a cannabis grow operation on tribal lands in California.
The project was shut down by a federal law enforcement raid, and the plaintiff was left with unpaid invoices for its work and materials.
The plaintiff sued the defendant, who had provided the funding for the project, arguing that the site manager who hired the plaintiff was acting as the defendant's agent.
The court found that the defendant and the tribe were in a partnership to operate the project, and that the site manager had actual authority to contract on behalf of the partnership.
The defendant was held liable for the unpaid invoices plus contractual interest.
