Communications Satellite Corp. v. Shannon

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “Because Missouri and Illinois are not liable for judgments against Bi-State, there is no policy reason for extending the states’ sovereign immunity to Bi-State.”
• agency exercising state power as an arm of the compacting state is not “person” subject to § 1983 suit
• agency exercising state power as an arm of the compacting state is not “person” subject to § 1983 suit
• agency exercising state power as an arm of the compacting state -6- is not “person” subject to § 1983 suit
• agency exercising state power as an arm of the compacting state is not “person” subject to § 1983 suit
• an agency exercising state power is not a person subject to suit under § 1983

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).