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Michigan v. Bay Mills Indian Community

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided May 27, 2014No. 12-515PublishedCited by 423 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kagan

*785The question in this case is whether tribal sovereign immunity bars Michigan's suit against the Bay Mills Indian Community for opening a casino outside Indian lands. We hold that immunity protects Bay Mills from this legal action. Congress has not abrogated tribal sovereign immunity from a State's suit to enjoin gaming off a reservation or other Indian lands. And we decline to revisit our prior decisions holding that, absent such an abrogation (or a waiver), Indian tribes have immunity even when a suit arises from off-reservation commercial activity. Michigan must therefore resort to other…

2Cases cited29 opinions

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  2. Seminole Tribe of Florida v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
  3. Payne v. TennesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  4. Patterson v. McLean Credit UnionSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
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