Supreme Court of the United States

Michigan, Petitioner v. Bay Mills Indian Community — Scalia, J., Dissenting

May 27, 2014134 S. Ct. 2024

Summary

Justice Thomas, joined by Justices Scalia, Ginsburg, and Alito, dissented from the Court's decision to reaffirm tribal sovereign immunity for off-reservation commercial activities. He argued the doctrine lacks substantive justification and that stare decisis should not protect erroneous common-law precedents.