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Seminole Tribe of Fla. v. Florida

517 U.S. 44 (1996)
JurisdictionUnited States
CourtSupreme Court of the United States
Year1996
StatusBinding authority

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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