Loan Companies Of 2 Tribes Not Immune From Suit, California Supreme Court Finds

(December 23, 2016, 1:12 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Payday lending companies of two Native American tribes are not entitled to the tribes’ sovereign immunity and, therefore, are not immune from suit as “arms of the tribe,” even though the businesses were created by the tribes, the California Supreme Court held Dec. 22 (The People ex rel. Jan Lynn Owen v. Miami Nation Enterprises, et al., No. S216878, Calif. Sup.)....

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