Supreme Court won't review case involving Indian online lender

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied a petition in Western Sky v. Jackson, a case involving an online lender in Indian Country.

Martin A. Webb, a member of the Cheyennne River Sioux Tribe of South Dakota, operated Western Sky Financial until he was forced out of business due to scrutiny from state and federal authorities. Some of his non-Indian customers in Illinois sued his business based on provisions in their loan agreements that required them to file disputes in tribal court.

In August 2014, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals determined that tribal jurisdiction did not exist in the case because it arose between non-Indians and a private company that wasn't owned by the tribe.

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