Hess v. Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation
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Hess v. Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation
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Hess v. Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation, 513 U.S. 30 (1994), was a United States Supreme Court case regarding the nature of "arms of the state" that are entitled to sovereign immunity under the Eleventh Amendment. The Eleventh Amendment bars suits which seek either damages or injunctive relief against a state, an "arm of the state", its instrumentalities, or its agencies. In Hess, the Court considered what constitutes an "arm of the state". The case arose from a circuit split where the S
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1994 United States Supreme Court case
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