MICHIGAN v. BAY MILLS INDIAN COMMUNITY

No. 12-515.

134 S.Ct. 2024 (2014)

188 L.Ed.2d 1071

MICHIGAN, Petitioner v. BAY MILLS INDIAN COMMUNITY et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 27, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Bursch , Solicitor General, for Petitioner.

Neal Kumar Katyal , for Respondents.

Edwin S. Kneedler , for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the respondents.

Bill Schuette , Michigan Attorney General, John J. Bursch , Solicitor General, Counsel of Record, Lansing, MI, Louis B. Reinwasser , Margaret A. Bettenhausen , Assistant Attorneys General, for Petitioner.

Kathryn L. Tierney , Chad P. DePetro , Bay Mills Indian Community, Brimley, MI, Bruce R. Greene , Law Offices of Bruce R. Greene & Associates, LLC, Boulder, CO, Neal Kumar Katyal , Counsel of Record, Jessica L. Ellsworth , David M. Ginn , Amanda K. Rice , Jonathan D. Shaub , Hogan Lovells US LLP, Washington, DC, for Respondent.


Justice KAGAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

The 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...

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