Tribe Says Question Of Immunity In Bankruptcy Code Is Congress’ Job, Not Courts

Mealey's (February 24, 2023, 11:51 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — If tribal sovereign immunity is to be stripped from Native Americans in the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, it needs to be done in a clear statement by Congress and not by the parsing of statutory text by the courts, a Wisconsin tribe tells the U.S. Supreme Court in its brief on the merits in a payday lending dispute....