United States Ninth Circuit

In an action arising out of the investigation into the Tribal Lending Entities to determine whether small-dollar lenders violated federal consumer financial laws, the district court's decision compelling the Tribal Lending Entities to comply with civil investigative demands issued by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is affirmed where: 1) the Consumer Financial Protection Act was a law of general applicability, and it applied to tribal businesses, like the Tribal Lending Entities involved in this appeal; 2) Congress did not expressly exclude Tribes from the Bureau's enforcement authority; and 3) none of the three exceptions in Donovan v. Coeur d'Alene Tribal Farms, 751 F.2d 1113, 1115 (9th Cir. 1985), to the enforcement of generally applicable laws against Indian tribes applied to this case.

Appellate Information

• Published 2017/01/20

Judges

• RAWLINSON

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel