Currie v. Lao

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that if suit against state employee was actually suit against the state, the exclusive jurisdiction of the Court of Claims could be raised for the first time on appeal
• stating that if suit against state employee was actually suit against the state, the exclusive jurisdiction of the Court of Claims could be raised for the first time on appeal
• stating that if suit against state employee was actually suit against the state, the exclusive jurisdiction of the Court of Claims could be raised for the first time on appeal
• explaining that state immunity rules apply to state law claims in federal court
• action brought nominally against an individual will be found to be claim against the state where judgment for plaintiff would subject state to liability
• “sovereign immunity attaches only when a [s]tate employee is charged with breaching a duty imposed on him solely by virtue of his [s]tate employment” (emphasis added)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).