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· 10/19/2023

SC2023-1320

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that sovereign immunity of State of Florida was neither abrogated by Trademark Remedy Clarification Act, nor voluntarily waived by Florida's activities in interstate commerce
  • holding that “a State does not consent to suit in federal court merely by consenting to suit in the courts of its own creation”
  • holding that a state’s waiver of its sovereign immunity is not voluntary where Congress has made it a condition of the state’s participation in an otherwise lawful activity
  • holding that a state's waiver of its sovereign immunity is not voluntary where Congress has made it a condition of the state's participation in an otherwise lawful activity
  • holding that State of Florida’s sovereign immunity not validly abrogated by Congress’ regulation of interstáte commerce in Trademark Remedy Clarification Act
  • recognizing that an individual may sue a state if the state consents or Congress abrogates the state’s sovereign immunity pursuant to the Fourteenth Amendment

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