Tribe Raises Immunity Shield For Casino Consultant’s Contract Claims

(October 23, 2019, 1:38 PM EDT) -- PORT HURON, Mich. — A Michigan Indian tribe filed suit in federal court on Oct. 11 asserting that a financial consultant’s state court breach of contract claims seeking payment for finding investment funding for the tribe’s casino company are barred by tribal sovereign immunity (The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, et al. v. William Cross, Jr., No. 3:19-cv-13006, E.D. Mich.)....