Tribal Immunity Shields Indian College From Ex-Worker’s Suit, Panel Says

(November 25, 2019, 3:52 PM EST) -- PORTLAND, Ore. — A former employee of a Native American college cannot pursue federal wrongful termination claims against the school’s operator because it is protected from suit by the sovereign immunity of the three tribes involved, a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel held Nov. 20 (Stephen McCoy v. Salish Kootenai College, Inc., et al., No. 18-35729, 9th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 34524)....