state immunity

This would mean that he could not claim state immunity from them.

At the least, the matter of state immunity to suits must be resolved.

The bill would also extend the state immunity to all qualified municipalities.

He is particularly well known as an expert on foreign state immunity and works frequently on such cases.

The provisions of the State Immunity Act 1978 were inadequate.

They were, however, guaranteed state immunity from any new charges after they agreed to co-operate with the government investigation.

The lower court and then the appeals court denied his claim, on the basis that Germany was entitled to state immunity.

The Court's recent rulings on state immunity and constitutional lawmaking provided a subtext for the argument today.

The term also saw the revival of the 10th Amendment as a source of state immunity against Federal regulation.

It cannot be held to antitrust enforcement in other jurisdictions by virtue of the doctrine of state immunity under public international law.

The appeals court concluded that Federal Patent Law is not explicit enough to roll back state immunity.

She voted as part of the 5-to-4 majority two years ago in rejecting state immunity and applying the disabilities act to require accessible courthouses.

By a 3-2 majority the House of Lords ruled that Pinochet did not have state immunity.

The doctrine and rules of state immunity concern the protection which a state is given from being sued in the courts of other states.

The next year, the Court turned its attention to the 11th Amendment, which gives the states immunity in Federal court against certain kinds of lawsuits.

State Immunity There was considerable fallout from the court's two rulings last week on the balance of federal-state authority.

By a vote of 12 to 3, the court rejected both proposed exceptions to the doctrine of state immunity put forward by Italy.

The Lopez case was followed by a series of decisions expanding state immunity from federal regulation and constricting the authority of Congress.

The Divisional Court ruled Pinochet had state immunity.

The argument is made that fundamental human rights such as the right to life and the prohibition against torture should take precedence over rules of state immunity.

Roberts claimed to be a corporation sole in succession to the bishops and to have the status of a rajah and effective state immunity.

Last term, retreating from its recent insistence on state immunity, the court permitted suits against states under the Family and Medical Leave Act.

A fundamental concept of diplomatic law is that of diplomatic immunity, which derives from state immunity.

Mr. Waxman noted that Congress passed the law before the court made clear the limits on Congress's authority to breach state immunity.

"A state officer acting in violation of federal law loses the cloak of state immunity," Judge Niemeyer said.