On October 9, 2025, the Washington Supreme Court held that tribal sovereign immunity cannot be abrogated through in rem jurisdiction over tribally owned non-reservation lands to vest the court with ...

Recently, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that tribal officials could not claim sovereign immunity or qualified immunity from potential liability for failure to remit taxes on cigarette sales ...

Jurisdictional issues under the Bankruptcy Code can often ­create a procedural morass for even the most seasoned practitioner. When tribal ­sovereign immunity is thrown into the mix, the analysis gets ...

OLYMPIA — The Washington Supreme Court upheld an appeals court ruling against a ranch involved in a land dispute with the Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians, which allegedly bought land that the ranch had ...

HELENA, Mont. | A federal judge in Vermont has rejected Montana tribal officials' claims of sovereign immunity and said that he will hear a civil case alleging the tribe's online payday lending ...