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Second, the Court held unanimously (prompted in large measure by a lengthy memo on [section] 1983's legislative history to the other justices by Justice Frankfurter) that local governments were not suable persons.
The long and winding road from Monroe to Connick
196, 205 (1882) ("The king was never suable of common right.").
Do as I say and not as I do: the United States' immunity in oil spill response actions
("[A] State is suable by citizens of another State.").
Considering the constitutionality of nonstate intervenors in original jurisdiction actions
(10) The Taft-Hartley amendments to the NLRA, though widely decried by organized labor as a "slave labor act" principally for imposing restrictions and injunctions upon national emergency disputes which affected health and safety, (11) restricted various forms of union strike activity, and made unions suable for breach of a no-strike pledge (12)--did not appear to interfere with union growth and left the country's commitment to freedom of association and collective bargaining unamended!
Labor law beyond U.S. borders: does what happens outside of America stay outside of America?
the State is not a suable "person" under [section] 1983.
Barring "analogous" state law claims is no excuse: Haywood v. Drown and states' obligation to enforce section 1983
The lock housing and mechanism are constructed from stainless steel, which means the lock is suable for use in production areas that require a full wash down, or in corrosive environments.
New safety interlock fits any industrial door
(44) If the contract was with the state, the only potentially suable
Pleading sovereign immunity: the doctrinal underpinnings of Hans v. Louisiana and Ex Parte Young
Finding that the Palestinian Authority is recognized as a suable legal entity, the next question to be answered is whether the Palestinian Authority is entitled to foreign sovereign immunity from the jurisdiction of the Israeli courts.
The law in the service of terror victims: can the Palestinian Authority be sued in Israeli civilian courts for damages caused by its involvement in terror acts during the second Intifada?
The court in Hyatt reasoned that in order to harmonize the admittedly vague and overlapping definitions of "separate legal person" and "political subdivision" the definition of "political subdivisions should be read to refer to all governmental units that cannot act and are not suable in their own name;" in other words, those that are not also agencies or instrumentalities.
International law - core characteristics test determines "agency or instrumentality" status for takings exception to Foreign Sovereign Immunity Act
In pointing out that the principle of sovereign immunity "is derived from the laws and practices of our English ancestors," 33 this Justice traced the doctrine that the king of England was "not suable in the courts of that country" from the time of Edward the First.
Effect of governmental immunity on declining governmental ethics--the king can do wrong!

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