Westinghouse Electric Corporation, a Corporation v. The West Virginia Department of Highways, a Corporation, (Two Cases)

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• concluding that § 29-12-5 “can, at most, be construed as waiving the state’s immunity from suit in state court” not federal court
• stating “a claim against the West Virginia Department of Highways is, for eleventh amendment purposes, properly considered one against the state itself’ (citation omitted)
• Eleventh Amendment immunity found even though statute in question contained provisions denying a defense of “constitutional immunity”

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