7 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 525 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 Jane Marie Egerdahl v. Hibbing Community College Minnesota Community College System State of Minnesota Myron Schmidt Anthony Kuznik and Jerry Krause.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jane Marie Egerdahl v. Hibbing Community College Minnesota Community College System State of Minnesota Myron Schmidt Anthony Kuznik and Jerry Krause Anchor | green | “generally, in the absence of consent a suit in which the state or one of its agencies or departments is named as the defendant is proscribed by the eleventh amendment” | 112 |
| 2 | Cecelia Webb v. City of Maplewood | green | “the eleventh amendment protects states and their arms and instrumentalities from suit in federal court” | 112 |
| 3 | Edelman v. Jordan | green | “the eleventh amendment protects states and their arms and instrumentalities from suit in federal court” | 108 |
| 4 | Dover Elevator Company v. Arkansas State University | green | “the eleventh amendment bars private parties from suing a state in federal court” | 86 |
| 5 | Quern v. Jordan | green | “e simply are unwilling to believe...that congress intended by the general language of 1983 to override the traditional sovereign immunity of the states” | 65 |
| 6 | Dover Elevator Company v. Arkansas State University | green | “the eleventh amendment bars private parties from suing a state in federal court.” | 17 |
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.