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Seminole Tribe of Fla. v. Florida
517 U.S. 44 (1996)
Key Principle
Congress lacks power under Article I (including the Indian Commerce Clause and, by implication, the Interstate Commerce Clause) to abrogate the States' Eleventh Amendment sovereign immunity from suit in federal court; abrogation is permissible only under Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Area of Law
General
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