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  1. July 03, 2019

    Biggest Native American Rulings Of 2019: Midyear Report

    The U.S. Supreme Court handed close wins this year to two Native American tribes, backing their rights to be shielded from a state fuel tax and to hunt under their treaties, while circuit courts protected tribe members' access to broadband and heightened tribal officers' exposure to tort suits. Here, Law360 looks back at some of the top decisions in Native American law in the first half of 2019.

  2. May 09, 2019

    Tribal Officers Urge 2nd Circ. To Rethink Lending Decision

    Officers of tribe-owned lending company Plain Green LLC urged the Second Circuit to reconsider its ruling that they don't have tribal immunity to a suit alleging they charged excessively high loan interest rates, saying that allowing state law claims against them marked an "unprecedented intrusion on tribal sovereignty."

  3. April 24, 2019

    2nd Circ. Says Tribal Officers Not Immune In Payday Loan Suit

    The Second Circuit on Wednesday rejected a bid by officers of tribe-owned lending company Plain Green LLC to escape a suit claiming they charged exorbitant interest rates on so-called payday loans, saying tribal immunity didn't extend to them and loan agreements meant to compel arbitration couldn't be enforced.

  4. May 12, 2017

    Tribal Leaders Immune In Payday Loan Suit, 2nd Circ. Hears

    Officials of Chippewa Cree payday lender Plain Green LLC asked the Second Circuit Friday to find a lower court erred in not recognizing their sovereign immunity as tribal officials in allowing a proposed racketeering and consumer protection class action by customers to proceed.

  5. January 31, 2017

    Payday Lender Tells 2nd Circ. Claims Must Go To Arbitration

    Affiliates of Chippewa Cree payday lender Plain Green LLC urged the Second Circuit Monday to overturn a Vermont federal court decision that they are subject to a proposed Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act class action by customers in the Green Mountain State, saying the borrowers had clearly agreed to have their claims sent to arbitration.