Everette v. Mitchem’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “(1) the method of creation of the economic entities; (2) their purpose; (3) their structure, ownership, and management, including the amount of control the tribe has over the entities; (4) the tribe's intent with respect to the sharing of its sovereign immunity ... (5) the financial relationship between the tribe and the entities ... [and, (6) ] the policies underlying tribal sovereign immunity and its connection to tribal economic development, and whether those policies are served by granting immunity to the economic entities.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 331 F. Supp. 3d 518 - Gibbs v. Plain Green, LLC

2. “In the wake of Kiowa , tribal immunity has also been exploited in new areas that are often heavily regulated by States. For instance, payday lenders ... often arrange to share fees or profits with tribes so they can use tribal immunity as a shield for conduct of questionable legality.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Williams v. Big Picture Loans, LLC

3. “[T]here is no evidence that tribes do not own and control MobiLoans and Riverbend, and permitting jurisdictional discovery would undermine the purposes of the sovereign immunity doctrine ....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 331 F. Supp. 3d 518 - Gibbs v. Plain Green, LLC