A dispute over the management of the Grand Canyon Trail's revenue attraction has entered the federal court

A dispute over the management of the Grand Canyon Trail's revenue attraction has entered the federal court. The Grand Canyon Glass Skywalk, which was successfully opened five years ago, has attracted people from all over the world every year since its opening...

A dispute over the management of the Grand Canyon Trail's revenue attraction has entered the federal court. The Grand Canyon Glass Skywalk was opened five years ago. Since its opening, it has attracted thousands of tourists from all over the world every year, vying to experience the majestic scenery of the miraculous canyon from the sky. But now the local indigenous tribes and developers are involved in a legal battle over contract disputes. The lawsuit has been appealed from the local Aboriginal court to the federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, making this famous landmark building in the West once again appear in the major media pages. Troy Eide, an attorney representing skywalk developer David King, told three judges on the case on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday that the contract battle between his client King and Arizona Native representatives in the Native Tribal Court is clearly an unfair legal battle. Ed emphasized that the tribal court did not give King a fair opportunity to safeguard his personal economic investment interests, and King's rights of appeal could not be conveyed to a truly fair and authoritative judicial system. In his plea in the First Nation Tribal Court, King claimed that his fundamental rights under the Constitution had been violated. Attorney Eide’s statement to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is obviously questioning and challenging the jurisdiction of the Aboriginal Tribal Court and accusing the court of lacking impartial and equitable authority. Ed said that because this contract dispute was based on an unequal judicial system, millions of dollars in investment returns could not be recovered. Jeffrey Gross, an attorney representing the Native American tribes, refuted the above accusations and told the panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that King voluntarily signed a contract that allowed the tribes on the Indian reservation to exercise management rights of the Skywalk within the jurisdiction of Hualapai law. Gross said ironically that King should first obtain legal management rights in the Aboriginal Court before he is eligible to appeal to the federal court. After a dispute over the contract between Jin and the local tribe, tribal leaders have asked the court in the Hualapai Reserve to demand that Jin fulfill the contract, pay the management fee for the skywalk, and apply for a suspension of payment of management income. The defendants told the court that King already owed them $11 million in fair market value for the skywalk; but King said he had lost as much as $100 million in royalties. To put it bluntly, this contract dispute should be blamed on the Skywalk's ability to attract money. The unlimited business opportunities and financial income it brings have triggered disagreements between King and the indigenous tribes, each claiming to have the management rights of the Skywalk. Behind this right is the question of who should own these considerable revenues, including annual management fees of millions of dollars and revenue from the visitor center.