1. Moreover, the doctrine of sovereign immunity generally restricts opportunities for recovery of compensation against the government. 2. Also in question is the thorny problem of sovereign immunity. 3. And in a major expansion of sovereign immunity doctrine, the court held that states are immune from suits in state court, as well as federal court. 4. And the merest hint of sovereign immunity is deeply antithetical to the American spirit, going back to the Revolution. 5. And, he said, the Legislature has not waived sovereign immunity to the suit. 6. Brann described the bargain as an acceptance of federal lawmaking authority within a framework of state sovereign immunity from suit. 7. A judge later dismissed the lawsuit, saying the agencies had sovereign immunity. 8. But in Kentucky, as in many states, school officials are generally protected from suits by rules of sovereign immunity that shield government agencies. 9. But in the final appeal, the Law Lords ruled that so-called sovereign immunity did not apply to cases of murder and torture. 10. But the five justices held that the state of Maine had sovereign immunity from a suit by state employees for overtime pay they were due under that federal law. |
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