· 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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