Griffin v. Hawn

How courts have described this case

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• holding that where purpose of proceeding against state officials is to control action of State, suit is against State and cannot be maintained without legislature’s consent
• holding that where purpose of proceeding against state officials is to control action of State, suit is against State and cannot be maintained without legislature's consent
• holding that where purpose of proceeding against state officials is to control action of State, suit is against State and cannot be maintained without legislature's consent
• State Highway Department could not be sued to enjoin it from trespassing, but the employees who trespassed could be.
• State Highway Department could not be sued to enjoin it from trespassing, but the employees who trespassed could be.
• State Highway Department could not be sued to enjoin it from trespassing, but the employees who trespassed could be.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).