Certiorari Opposed In Row Over Bankruptcy Code’s Abrogation Of Tribal Immunity

(November 14, 2022, 12:32 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals finding that the U.S. Bankruptcy Code abrogates Indian tribes’ sovereign immunity from suit is “firmly grounded in traditional methods of statutory interpretation and consistent with [U.S. Supreme Court] precedent on tribal immunity,” so certiorari is not warranted, a borrower who sued a Wisconsin tribe over its payday lending practices tells the high court....