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  2. Sovereign immunity in the United States - Wikipedia

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    By way of the Tucker Act, certain claims of monetary damages against the United States are exempt from sovereign immunity. These cases are heard by the United States Court of Federal Claims, or, for cases involving less than ten thousand dollars, a district court has concurrent jurisdiction. Examples of contracts where immunity is waived include:

  3. Sovereign immunity - Wikipedia

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    China's view is that sovereign immunity is a lawful right and interest that their enterprises are entitled to protect. [16] Some examples of Chinese state-owned companies that have claimed sovereign immunity in foreign lawsuits are the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) and China National Building Material. [17]

  4. Torres v. Texas Department of Public Safety - Wikipedia

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    Torres v. Texas Department of Public Safety, 597 U.S. 580 (2022), was a United States Supreme Court case dealing with the Uniformed Services Employment and Re-employment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA) and state sovereign immunity. In a 5–4 decision issued in June 2022, the Court ruled that state sovereign immunity does not prevent states from ...

  5. Edelman v. Jordan - Wikipedia

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    Edelman v. Jordan, 415 U.S. 651 (1974), was a United States Supreme Court case that held that the sovereign immunity recognized in the Eleventh Amendment prevented a federal court from ordering a state from paying back funds that had been unconstitutionally withheld from parties to whom they had been due.

  6. Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida - Wikipedia

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    Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida, 517 U.S. 44 (1996), was a United States Supreme Court case which held that Article One of the U.S. Constitution did not give the United States Congress the power to abrogate the sovereign immunity of the states that is further protected under the Eleventh Amendment. [1]

  7. Turkiye Halk Bankasi A.S. v. United States - Wikipedia

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    Turkiye Halk Bankasi A.S. v. United States, 598 U.S. 264 (2023), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court held that the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act's comprehensive scheme governing claims of sovereign immunity in civil actions against foreign states and their instrumentalities does not cover criminal cases. [1]

  8. The Nixon rulings at the centre of Trump’s Supreme Court ...

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    Citing the case heavily, Mr Smith said that “recognition of petitioner’s immunity claim would prevent Congress from applying the criminal laws equally to all persons—including the President.

  9. Franchise Tax Board of California v. Hyatt - Wikipedia

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    Georgia (1793) became the first case in which the U.S. Supreme Court considered the issue of state sovereignty under the Constitution. [7] In this case, the Court held that Article III § 2 of the Constitution abrogated state sovereign immunity and that thus federal courts were authorized to hear cases between states and private individuals. [8]