Tribal Sovereign Immunity After Bay Mills

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When Friday, September 12, 2014
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Location Wittemyer Courtroom
For Public; Faculty; Staff; Students; Alumni; CLE Credit

On September 12, 2014, please join the University of Colorado American Indian Law Program for a daylong conference and workshop discussing implications of the Bay Mills decision for practitioners, scholars, judges, and tribal communities. In Michigan v. Bay Mills (May 27, 2014), the Supreme Court sustained tribal sovereign immunity against a state government's claims growing out of an Indian tribe’s decision to locate a casino in a disputed location. The Court reaffirmed sovereign immunity as an inherent attribute of tribal self-government, such that lawsuits against tribes can be authorized only by Congress or by the tribes themselves. The Court also opened the possibility of judicial abrogation immunity for off-reservation torts, and it recognized lawsuits for prospective relief against tribal officials, raising important questions for lawyers who advise tribes, and those interacting with them, in commercial activities and other contexts. Speakers will include leading scholars in federal Indian law and constitutional law, and lawyers who have represented tribes and other parties in immunity matters. Subjects will include review of precedents with particular focus on Bay Mills; the future of immunity; suits against tribal officers by analogy to Ex parte Young; experience with tribal immunity waivers; how waivers can and should be limited; and use of arbitration instead of courts. In addition to the program, the $75 conference fee for attorneys will include breakfast and coffee break, catered lunch, and participants may receive up to 4 CLE credits (pending approval). Students and community members may attend free of charge. To register online, please use the following link: https://www.regonline.com/tribalsovereignimmunityafterbaymills To access the conference agenda and more information about the University of Colorado American Indian Law Program, please visit our website: http://www.colorado.edu/law/academics/programs/indianlaw

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Website https://www.regonline.com/tribalsovereignimmunityafterbaymills
CLE Credits
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Ethics: 0