The Eleventh Amendment and state sovereign immunity
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QUESTION
Under the Eleventh Amendment and Hans v. Louisiana, which suits against a state are barred in federal court?
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What is the status of a suit for damages against a state official in a personal capacity?
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Which Article I contexts are exceptions to the bar on abrogating state sovereign immunity?
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Bankruptcy, the federal war powers, and federal eminent domain. The states surrendered immunity in those areas in the plan of the Convention.
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