Native Americans
Jun. 24, 2014
Justices serve up a rare win for tribal sovereignty
A recent decision is the Supreme Court's most explicit endorsement of tribal sovereign immunity in almost two decades.
Blaine I. Green
Partner
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Email: blaine.green@pillsburylaw.com
Blaine leads the firm's Native American Law practice, representing tribes and companies doing business with tribes.
Federal courts have long recognized that tribes possess inherent sovereignty as independent and autonomous governmental entities. Like other governments, tribes are protected from suit by the doctrine of sovereign immunity. Sovereign immunity is a fundamental aspect of tribal sovereignty and identity - political, legal and even social.
Yet the doctrine of tribal sovereign immunity has ebbed and flowed over the history of federal tribal jurisprudence. As with other doctrines of Ind...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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