CASH ADVANCE & PREF. CASH LOANS v. State

This tribal sovereign immunity case requires us to address the relationship between the State of Colorado and sovereign American Indian tribes, as that relationship is governed by federal law. We are charged with applying the doctrine of tribal sovereign immunity in the context of a state investigative subpoena enforcement action against two entities operating under the trade names Cash Advance and Preferred Cash Loans and asserting they are entitled to immunity as "arms" of the Miami Nation of Oklahoma and the Santee Sioux Nation, both federally recognized Indian tribes.

The tribal entities…