President Lincoln Hotel Venture v. Bank One

How courts have described this case

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• focusing on whether individual defendant had authority to take general type of action giving rise to contract claim, not whether action violated contract
• focusing on whether individual defendant had authority to take general type of action giving rise to contract claim, not whether action violated contract
• State treasurer had authority to perform actions, even if ultimately found to be a breach of contract, and thus Court of Claims had exclusive jurisdiction
• complaint seeking declaratory judgment, injunctive relief, and specific performance against State Treasurer is a contract action against State within recognized exception to bar of sovereign immunity
• complaint seeking declaratory judgment, injunctive relief, and specific performance against State Treasurer is a contract action against State within recognized exception to bar of sovereign immunity
• action to enforce loan restructuring agreement under Illinois Insured Mortgage Pilot Program was “action against the state” where contract was entered into with the Treasurer, who had contractual authority to declare a default

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).