On October 31, 2016, the Supreme Court of Georgia issued an opinion that is lengthy against payday loan providers in 2 instances consolidated on appeal. The 2 cases (Western Sky Financial, LLC v. State of Georgia, No. S16A1011 and State of Georgia v. Western Sky Financial, LLC, No. S16X1012) included state legislation of tribal affiliated, out-of-state payday lenders who offered loans to Georgia residents telephonically and on the internet. On appeal, the Supreme Court of Georgia considered a true quantity of issues including if the state could sue loan providers involved with interstate business underneath the state’s Payday Lending Act (OCGA §§ 16-17-1 through 16-17-10); whether agreements created in another state had been at the mercy of that law; and whether tribal sovereignty precluded the law’s enforcement.
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