ABI Editor-at-Large Bill Rochelle discusses the Supreme Court's opinion in Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians v. Coughlin with Prof. Jack F. Williams of Georgia State University College of Law (Atlanta) and Thomas Salerno of Stinson LLP (Phoenix). The Court held that the Bankruptcy Code unequivocally abrogates the sovereign immunity of all governments, including federally recognized Indian tribes.
To read Salerno's commentary on the case, please click here.
Podcast Date:
Thursday, August 24, 2023