AUSTIN (KXAN) — In several recent lawsuits against Texas, attorneys for the state argued for dismissal due to “sovereign immunity.” But what does that mean for Texans? The legal doctrine holds that a ...

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Galette v. New Jersey Transit Corporation that the transit authority is not entitled to interstate sovereign immunity.

On October 9, 2025, the Washington Supreme Court held that tribal sovereign immunity cannot be abrogated through in rem jurisdiction over tribally owned non-reservation lands to vest the court with ...

In their International Litigation column, the authors look at the recent Hulley Enterprises decision in which the D.C. Circuit held that a U.S. court must independently determine whether an ...

MADISON, Wis. (CN) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court considered the sovereign immunity of the Menominee tribe on Monday, and whether a property association’s restrictive covenants can control how the ...

“There’s a recognition by a lot of legislators that sovereign immunity as a concept is a fundamentally un-American idea," said Todd Michaels, a partner at the Haggard Law Firm. "It flies in the face ...

The dispute stems from Frederick Allen and Nautilus Productions’ allegations that the state of North Carolina and its officials infringed on Allen’s copyrights for photographs and videos of the ...