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· 1/2/1929

Highway Comm. of Wyoming v. Utah Construction Co.

Citations

  • 278 U.S. 194
  • 49 S. Ct. 104
  • 73 L. Ed. 262
  • 1929 U.S. LEXIS 6

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating that state instrumentalities are not protected by Fifth Amendment due process clause
  • “[State] Commission was but the arm or alter ego of the State with no funds or ability to respond in damages.”
  • state highway commission is \alter ego of the State with no funds or ability to respond in damages.\
  • Eleventh Amendment immunizes state agency that was “but the arm or alter ego of the State”
  • Eleventh Amendment shielded state agency that was “but the arm or alter ego of the State with no funds or ability to respond in damages”
  • Eleventh Amendment shielded state agency that was \but the arm or alter ego of the State with no funds or ability to respond in damages\

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Judges: McReynolds

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