Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument on Tribal Sovereign Immunity
It appears as though the Supreme Court will decide Lac du Flambeau based entirely on textual analysis of Section 106(a), which does not explicitly abrogate sovereign immunity as to Native American tribes.
Circuits More Deeply Split on Waiver of Sovereign Immunity for Native American Tribes
Over a vigorous dissent, the First Circuit Joins the Ninth Circuit by holding that Section 106(a) waives tribes’ sovereign immunity.
Complaint Survives Against Chicago for Not Releasing Impounded Cars Immediately
Despite Fulton, a Chicago bankruptcy judge rules that the City of Chicago might have violated Section 362(a)(4), (a)(6) or (a)(7) by refusing to release impounded cars immediately after a debtor files a chapter 13 petition.