On October 9, 2025, the Washington Supreme Court held that tribal sovereign immunity cannot be abrogated through in rem jurisdiction over tribally owned non-reservation lands to vest the court with ...

Earlier this month, the Supreme Court of Virginia issued an Opinion in Brooks-Buck v. Wahlstrom, No. 250246 (Oct. 16, 2025), that clarifies the scope of legislative immunity for school board members.

It explained that issue preclusion applies to threshold jurisdictional issues and that sovereign immunity is a jurisdictional issue. The D.C. Circuit said that it had never decided the issue of ...