7th Circuit: Inter-Tribal Council Has Sovereign Immunity From Employment Claims

(July 7, 2023, 12:10 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A federal trial court properly dismissed the claims of a man who alleged that he was improperly fired by a nonprofit consortium of federally recognized Indian tribes because the consortium maintains the sovereign immunity of its members, a Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel held in affirming the trial court’s decision....