The City of El Paso v. Lilli M. Heinrich

How courts have described this case

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• holding that ultra vires claimant was entitled to prospective relief only because retrospective relief is barred by sovereign immunity
• holding that because an ultra vires claim is against the State, \its remedies must be limited\
• recognizing that suits against state officials in their official capacities are suits that are “for all practical purposes [suits] against the state”
• recognizing that claims having effect of seeking retrospective monetary relief from State implicate sovereign immunity even when not formally asserted directly against the State or its government
• recognizing that distinction between governmental action that is within delegated authority versus ultra vires reflects uses of appropriated funds that are for intended versus unintended purposes, respectively
• holding that ultra vires claimant was entitled to prospective relief only because retroactive relief is barred by sovereign immunity

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