Lac Du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians v. Coughlin (599 U.S. 382)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided June 15, 2023 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 599 U.S. 382 · 143 S. Ct. 1689
- Decided
- June 15, 2023
- Term
- October Term 2022
- Vote
- 8–1
- Majority author
- Justice Jackson
- Issue area
- Economic Activity
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Outcome
- Petitioning party lost
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
Opinion excerpt
PRELIMINARY PRINT Volume 599 U. S. Part 1 Pages 382–418 OFFICIAL REPORTS OF THE SUPREME COURT June 15, 2023 Page Proof Pending Publication REBECCA A. WOMELDORF reporter of decisions NOTICE: This preliminary print is subject to formal revision before the bound volume is published. Users are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D.C. 20543, pio@supremecourt.gov, of any typographical or other formal errors. 382 OCTOBER TERM, 2022 Syllabus LAC du FLAMBEAU BAND OF LAKE SUPERIOR CHIPPEWA INDIANS et al. v. COUGHLIN certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the rst circuit No. 22–227. Argued April 24, 2023—Decided June 15, 2023 Petitioner Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians (the Band) is a federally recognized Indian tribe. One of the Band's businesses, Lendgreen, extended respondent Brian Coughlin a payday loan. Shortly after receiving the loan, Coughlin fled for Chapter 13 bankruptcy, triggering an automatic stay under the Bankruptcy Code against further collection efforts by his creditors. But Lendgreen al- legedly continued attempting to collect Coughlin's debt. Coughlin fled a motion in Bankruptcy Court to enforce the automatic stay and recover damages. The Bankruptcy Court dismissed the suit on tribal sovereign immunity grounds. The First Circuit reversed, concluding that the Code…
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