A pair of tribal online lenders filed a writ of certiorari with the Supreme Court to examine whether the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has the right to issue a civil investigative demand to sovereign tribes.
The CFPB responded by saying the district court and Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rulings affirming the bureau’s right to do so were legally justified.
Read on for more details about the issues in the case, and the solicitor general’s support of the CFPB’s positions in the case.
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