State of West Virginia v. Trevor H.

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• holding that the state had a unique sovereign interest in submerged land within its borders, and therefore state officials could not be sued even under Ex parte Young
• holding that the state had a unique sovereign interest in submerged land within its borders, and therefore state officials could not be sued even under Ex parte Young
• holding that the Eleventh Amendment “enacts a sovereign immunity from suit, rather than a nonwaivable limit on the Federal Judiciary’s subject-matter jurisdiction”
• recognizing that the Ex parte Young doctrine extends to violations of federal law
• holding that the Ex parte Young exception did not apply when a plaintiffs action, equivalent to a quiet title action blocking the state from controlling submerged lands, implicated special sovereignty interests
• holding that tribe could not sue state of Idaho unless suit fell within for certain suits seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against state officers in their individual capacities

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