Spicer v. Hilton

How courts have described this case

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

• noting the paradox inherent in the fact that “it is clearly established that the state’s [sovereign] immunity can be waived by the state, despite the principle that a waiver cannot confer jurisdiction on a court which lacks subject matter jurisdiction”
• “The Supreme Court has on several occasions even applied the doctrine when the non-constitutional ground was not presented by the parties but was first noticed by the Court itself.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Weaver v. Bowers
  Third Circuit· 1981-09-08· cited 23×
• Santana Products Inc. v. Bobrick Washroom Equipment, Inc.
  Third Circuit· 2005-02-09· cited 19×
• Doe v. Ward
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 2000-09-18· cited 14×
• Lines v. Wargo
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 2003-01-10· cited 7×
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. California
  E.D. California· 1981-04-03· cited 6×
• Baltimore County v. Hechinger Liquidation Trust (In Re Hechinger Investment Co. of Delaware, Inc.)
  Third Circuit· 2003-07-18
• United States v. Otero
  Third Circuit· 2007-09-12
• New Jersey Bankers Association v. Attorney General New Jersey
  Third Circuit· 2022-09-28

Cites

34 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Scheuer v. Rhodes
  Supreme Court· 1974-04-17· cited 13,385×
• Edelman v. Jordan
  Supreme Court· 1974-05-13· cited 6,517×
• Monroe v. Pape
  Supreme Court· 1961-02-20· cited 4,784×
• Quern v. Jordan
  Supreme Court· 1979-03-05· cited 4,123×
• Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority
  Supreme Court· 1936-02-17· cited 3,147×
• Hagans v. Lavine
  Supreme Court· 1974-03-25· cited 2,844×
• Hutto v. Finney
  Supreme Court· 1979-01-15· cited 2,261×
• Cohens v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1821-03-18· cited 2,076×
• Alabama v. Pugh
  Supreme Court· 1978-07-03· cited 1,914×
• Fitzpatrick v. Bitzer
  Supreme Court· 1976-06-28· cited 1,679×
• Ford Motor Co. v. Department of Treasury
  Supreme Court· 1945-01-08· cited 1,526×
• Brown v. Board of Education
  Supreme Court· 1955-05-31· cited 1,420×
• Moor v. County of Alameda
  Supreme Court· 1973-06-18· cited 1,302×
• Griffin v. School Bd. of Prince Edward Cty.
  Supreme Court· 1964-05-25· cited 741×
• Employees of Department of Public Health v. Department of Public Health
  Supreme Court· 1973-04-18· cited 656×
• United States v. Mississippi
  Supreme Court· 1965-03-08· cited 428×
• Rosenberg v. Fleuti
  Supreme Court· 1963-06-17· cited 410×
• Petty v. Tennessee-Missouri Bridge Commission
  Supreme Court· 1959-04-20· cited 390×
• Peters v. Hobby
  Supreme Court· 1955-06-06· cited 238×
• Dr. Joseph T. Skehan v. Board of Trustees of Bloomsburg State College
  Third Circuit· 1974-06-11· cited 172×