The notion of sovereign immunity predates the Eleventh Amendment, having its origins in the English common law as well as notions of unitary sovereignty associated with thinkers like Thomas Hobbes ...

The lawsuit was filed in part by operators of Cafe Risque and Serenity Bushey, who performed at Cafe Risque but was barred by ...

State of Louisiana (1890), that Chisholm “created such a shock of surprise throughout the country that, at the first meeting of Congress thereafter, the Eleventh Amendment to the Constitution ...