Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians v. Coughlin

By Los Angeles Bankruptcy Attorney on June 16, 2023

In Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians v. Coughlin, case 22-227, the U.S. Supreme Court, on 6/15/23, held that Native American tribes’ sovereign immunity does not shield them from suits brought by debtors who declare bankruptcy, finding the question of whether the U.S. Bankruptcy Code abrogates tribal immunity “remarkably straightforward.”