Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin - Tribal Law

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Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Code of Law.

LLC.1.9.070 Waiver of Sovereign Immunity

The limited liability companies established under Section LLC.1.9.010 and 912 may only waive the privileges and immunities granted under Section LLC.1.9.030 in the following manner:

(a) The LLC may specifically grant limited waivers of its immunity from suit and consent to be sued in Tribal Court or another court of competent jurisdiction or consent to binding arbitration pursuant to the procedures and authorities set forth in the LLC's Operating Agreement; provided, however, that

(1) any such waiver or consent to suit granted pursuant to the LLC's Operating Agreement shall in no way extend to any action against the Tribe, nor shall it in any way be deemed a waiver of any of the rights, privileges and immunities of the Tribe;

(2) any recovery against the LLC shall be limited to the assets of the LLC (or such portion of the LLC's assets as further limited by the waiver or consent) and the Tribe shall not be liable for the payment or performance of any of the obligations of the LLC, and no recourse shall be had against any assets or revenues of the Tribe in order to satisfy the obligations of the LLC; including assets of the Tribe leased, loaned, or assigned to the LLC for its use, without transfer of title, and

(3) any waiver of the LLC's immunities granted pursuant to the LLC's Operating Agreement shall be further limited or conditioned by the terms of such waiver.

(b) The sovereign immunity of the LLC shall not extend to actions against the LLC by the Tribe acting as Owner, or, in the case of a subsidiary LLC created pursuant to this Part, by the parent LLC acting as Owner, pursuant to Section 991 of this Part.

(c) The LLC must follow the method mandated by Section 922.

Original url: https://law.lco-nsn.gov/us/nsn/lco/council/code/LLC.1.9.070

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