Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution

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amendment to the United States Constitution constitutional amendment

The Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution is a 1795 amendment that limits the ability of individuals to bring suits against states in federal court, reinforcing the principle of state sovereign immunity.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution canonical	13
Eleventh Amendment	5
Eleventh Amendment immunity	1
Eleventh Amendment sovereign immunity	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ constitutional amendment ⓘ
adoptedBy	United States of America ⓘ
aimsTo	protect states from certain types of federal court litigation ⓘ
allowsException	suits against state officials for prospective injunctive relief under Ex parte Young doctrine ⓘ suits authorized by Congress under Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment in some circumstances ⓘ suits where a state consents to be sued ⓘ
appliesTo	civil suits against states ⓘ suits commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by citizens of another state ⓘ suits commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by citizens or subjects of a foreign state ⓘ suits in law or equity ⓘ
category	Amendments dealing with federalism in the United States ⓘ United States sovereign immunity law ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
enforcedBy	federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ surface form: federal courts of the United States
field	constitutional law ⓘ federal courts law ⓘ
followedBy	Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
follows	Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
governs	suits against U.S. states by foreign citizens or subjects ⓘ suits against U.S. states by out-of-state citizens ⓘ
hasNumber	11 ⓘ
interpretedBy	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
jurisdiction	federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ surface form: United States federal courts
keyCase	Alden v. Maine ⓘ Ex parte Young ⓘ Fitzpatrick v. Bitzer ⓘ Hans v. Louisiana ⓘ Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalDoctrine	sovereign immunity of the states from private suits ⓘ state sovereign immunity ⓘ
legalEffect	limits the ability of individuals to sue states in federal court ⓘ reinforces the doctrine of state sovereign immunity ⓘ
limits	Article III judicial power over suits against states ⓘ
motivatedBy	Supreme Court decision in Chisholm v. Georgia ⓘ
partOf	United States Constitution ⓘ
proposedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
proposedOn	1794 ⓘ
ratificationOrder	first amendment adopted after the Bill of Rights ⓘ
ratifiedBy	state legislatures of the United States ⓘ
ratifiedOn	1795 ⓘ
responseTo	Chisholm v. Georgia ⓘ
shortName	Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Eleventh Amendment
subject	federal jurisdiction ⓘ lawsuits against states ⓘ state sovereign immunity ⓘ
textBegins	"The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity" ⓘ
timePeriod	Early Republic of the United States ⓘ surface form: Early national period of United States history

Referenced by (20)

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Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution → follows → Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution → precededBy → Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution → shortName → Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eleventh Amendment

Article III, Section 2 of the United States Constitution → modifiedBy → Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Supreme Court decision in Chisholm v. Georgia → overruledBy → Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

subject surface form: Chisholm v. Georgia (Supreme Court decision)

Supreme Court decision in Chisholm v. Georgia → constitutionalProvisionAffected → Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

subject surface form: Chisholm v. Georgia (Supreme Court decision)

Hans v. Louisiana → interprets → Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Hans v. Louisiana → hasAmendmentInterpreted → Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eleventh Amendment

Hans v. Louisiana → hasConstitutionalProvisionDiscussed → Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida → legalIssue → Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eleventh Amendment

Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Alden v. Maine → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Fitzpatrick v. Bitzer → legalIssue → Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eleventh Amendment sovereign immunity

Fitzpatrick v. Bitzer → relatedConstitutionalProvision → Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

United States sovereign immunity law → governedBy → Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

United States sovereign immunity law → includesDoctrine → Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eleventh Amendment immunity

Chisholm v. Georgia → ledTo → Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Chisholm v. Georgia → relatedAmendment → Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eleventh Amendment

Ex parte Young → legalIssue → Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eleventh Amendment

Ex parte Young → relatedConstitutionalProvision → Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ