7 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 27 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Crowder v. Department of State Parks.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crowder v. Department of State Parks Anchor | green | “imbedded in the common law of england.” | 4 |
| 2 | Eibel v. Forrester | green | “without its consent the state can not be sued at all.” | 4 |
| 3 | Brunswick & Albany Railroad v. State | green | “the state cannot, against the will of the legislature, be compelled to submit its liabilities to its own courts.” | 4 |
| 4 | Peeples v. Byrd | green | “it is hardly necessary to cite authority for the proposition that a sovereign state is not liable to suit at the instance of a citizen, unless permission to sue has been expressly granted.” | 4 |
| 5 | Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Western & Atlantic Railroad | green | “the state can not be sued, or subjected to an action of any kind, without special legislative authority.” | 4 |
| 6 | Roberts v. Barwick | green | “the state can not by the courts be required to submit to being sued against its express consent.” | 4 |
| 7 | Roberts v. Barwick | green | “a sovereign is exempt from suit, not because of any formal conception or obsolete theory, but on the logical and practical ground that there can be no legal right as against the authority that makes the law on which the right depends.” | 3 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment — for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.