Federal Government Rejects Tribe’s Sovereign Immunity In Bankruptcy Code

Mealey's (April 11, 2023, 8:58 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The words in the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and how they are used leave no doubt that the sovereign immunity of Native American tribes is abrogated, as it is for all other governmental units, the federal government tells the U.S. Supreme Court in an amicus curiae brief urging affirmance of a divided First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals decision....