High Court Adopts Federal Standard for Determining Tribal Sovereign Immunity

The North Dakota Supreme Court adopted the federal court system’s six-part test for determining whether tribally owned corporations are protected by sovereign immunity. Case: State ex rel. Workforce Safety and Insurance v. Cherokee Services Group LLC, No. 20200166, 02/18/2021, published. Facts and procedural history: Cherokee Services Group LLC, Cherokee Nation Government Solutions LLC, Cherokee Medical Services LLC and Cherokee Nation Technologies LLC are wholly owned by the Cherokee Nation, a federally recognized tribe. The Cherokee Nation has no sovereign land in North Dakota,...