The Third Circuit recently affirmed entry of summary judgment in favor of General Electric (“GE”) on grounds of derivative sovereign immunity. The Third Circuit found that GE was entitled to ...
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What is sovereign immunity?
AUSTIN (KXAN) — In several recent lawsuits against Texas, attorneys for the state argued for dismissal due to “sovereign immunity.” But what does that mean for Texans? The legal doctrine holds that a ...
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Wednesday heard oral arguments on whether common-law sovereign immunity applies in the prosecution of the Turkish state-owned ...
Supreme Court of Georgia to weigh whether amended complaints establish constitutional sovereign immunity waivers. Justices to hear oral arguments in two unaffiliated cases involving underlying zoning ...
The Washington Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether tribes can be sued in state courts, taking up a case a lower court judge observed has consequences for settling disputes peacefully. The ...
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Last week, a US appeals court panel stood as guardians of America’s founding ideals against a would-be despot. Donald Trump told the court that he is immune to prosecution over the January 6 Capitol ...
The James R. Browning U.S. Court of Appeals Building, the headquarters of the Ninth Circuit, in San Francisco. (Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Courthouse News) (CN) — A Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ...
The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled Wednesday that New Jersey Transit is not an arm of the state, meaning it is not immune from out‑of‑state lawsuits. “States are generally entitled to immunity ...
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