Morrison-Knudsen Co. v. Massachusetts Bay Transportattion Authority

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• MBTA is not an arm of the Commonwealth immune from suit under the Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution
• Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority not an arm of the State notwithstanding State’s liability to bondholders and subsidization of Authority, where Authority has significant autonomy and acts in a proprietary capacity
• eminent domain power implies autonomy
• MBTA lacks Eleventh Amendment immunity

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