Here are the materials in Booker v. Plain Green LLC (M.D. Fla.):
tribal sovereign lending
Sixth Circuit Briefs in Sovereign Lending Case Involving Chippewa Cree Tribe
Here are the briefs in Swiger v. Rosette:
Lower court materials in Swiger v. Rosette (E.D. Mich.):
Federal Court Certifies Tribal Lending Case for Interlocutory Appeal
Here are materials in Hengle v. Asner (E.D. Va.):
Federal Court Allows Class Action against Tribal Sovereign Lending of Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake to Proceed
Here are the materials so far in Hengle v. Asner (E.D. Va.):
63 Tribal Officials Motion to Compel
65 Tribal Officials Motion to Dismiss
Briefs in Short Term Loan/Sovereign Immunity Matter involving Lac Du Flambeau Ojibwe President
Here are the materials so far in Jones v. Wildcat (E.D. Pa.):
2019.06.07-docket-1-complaint-with-exhibits.pdf
2019.08.30-docket-9-wildcat-mtd.pdf
Sequoia Capital Operations LLC v. Gingras Cert Petition [Chippewa-Cree Sovereign Lending]
Here:
petitionforwritofcertiorari-3.pdf
Question presented:
Where an arbitration agreement contains a separate “delegation provision” that reserves for an arbitrator the authority to decide any disputes concerning arbitrability, does Section 2 of the Federal Arbitration Act require a court to decide any challenge to that provision’s validity before the court may proceed to address whether the parties’ underlying dispute is arbitrable?
Lower court materials here.
Update:
BIO: BriefInOpposition
Second Circuit Affirms in Gingras v. Think Finance Inc. [Chippewa Cree Lending]
Here is the opinion:
From the court syllabus:
Plaintiffs Jessica Gingras and Angela C. Given borrowed money from Plain Green, LLC, an online lending operation owned by the Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation in Montana. The terms of their loan agreements provide for interest rates well in excess of caps imposed by Vermont law. Gingras and Given sued, alleging violations of Vermont and federal law. They seek an injunction against tribal officers in charge of Plain Green and an award of money damages against other Defendants.
Some Defendants moved to dismiss, arguing that tribal sovereign immunity barred the suit. All Defendants moved to compel arbitration under the terms of the agreements. The district court (Geoffrey W. Crawford, Judge) denied both motions. We hold that tribal sovereign immunity does not bar this suit because Plaintiffs may sue tribal officers under a theory analogous to Ex parte Young for prospective, injunctive relief based on violations of state and substantive federal law occurring off of tribal lands. We further hold that the arbitration clauses of the loan agreements are unenforceable and unconscionable.
Briefs and link to lower court materials here.
Federal Court Transfers CFPB Suit against Tribal Sovereign Lender to Kansas
Here are the materials in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Golden Valley Lending (N.D. Ill.):
Virginia Federal Court Confirms Immunity of Tribal Sovereign Lending Entity
Here are the materials in Howard v. Plain Green (E.D. Va.):
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