United States sovereign immunity law

All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act	1
Georgia claimed sovereign immunity from suit without its consent	1
United States sovereign immunity law canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T969477 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: United States sovereign immunity law
Context triple: [Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution, category, United States sovereign immunity law]

A. United States law
United States law is the complex federal and state legal system that governs the United States, encompassing the Constitution, statutes, regulations, and judicial decisions that structure government powers and protect individual rights.
B. United States territorial law
United States territorial law is the body of federal and local legal principles and statutes that govern U.S. territories, defining their political status, rights, and relationship to the federal government.
C. United States constitutional law
United States constitutional law is the body of law that interprets and applies the U.S. Constitution, defining the structure of the federal government, the separation of powers, and the fundamental rights and liberties of individuals.
D. Tucker Act jurisdiction
Tucker Act jurisdiction refers to the authority of certain federal courts to hear monetary claims against the United States government based on contracts, statutes, regulations, or the Constitution.
E. United States federal law
United States federal law is the body of statutes, regulations, and constitutional provisions enacted or authorized by the federal government that governs the entire country and prevails over conflicting state laws.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: United States sovereign immunity law
Target entity description: United States sovereign immunity law is the body of legal principles and doctrines that limit when and how the federal government, states, and their agencies can be sued without their consent.

A. United States law
United States law is the complex federal and state legal system that governs the United States, encompassing the Constitution, statutes, regulations, and judicial decisions that structure government powers and protect individual rights.
B. United States territorial law
United States territorial law is the body of federal and local legal principles and statutes that govern U.S. territories, defining their political status, rights, and relationship to the federal government.
C. United States constitutional law
United States constitutional law is the body of law that interprets and applies the U.S. Constitution, defining the structure of the federal government, the separation of powers, and the fundamental rights and liberties of individuals.
D. Tucker Act jurisdiction
Tucker Act jurisdiction refers to the authority of certain federal courts to hear monetary claims against the United States government based on contracts, statutes, regulations, or the Constitution.
E. United States federal law
United States federal law is the body of statutes, regulations, and constitutional provisions enacted or authorized by the federal government that governs the entire country and prevails over conflicting state laws.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (80)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	body of law ⓘ legal doctrine ⓘ public law ⓘ
appliesTo	U.S. states ⓘ United States federal government ⓘ linked to: United States government federal agencies ⓘ state agencies ⓘ
basedOn	English common law ⓘ doctrine of sovereign immunity ⓘ
corePrinciple	conditions on consent to suit are strictly construed in favor of the sovereign ⓘ government cannot be sued without its consent ⓘ jurisdiction depends on valid waiver of immunity ⓘ waiver of immunity must be unequivocally expressed ⓘ
distinguishes	suits for damages ⓘ suits for declaratory relief ⓘ suits for injunctive relief ⓘ suits in federal court ⓘ suits in foreign courts ⓘ suits in state court ⓘ suits in tribal court ⓘ
governedBy	Article III of the United States Constitution ⓘ Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ Supremacy Clause ⓘ United States Constitution ⓘ
implementedBy	42 U.S.C. § 1983 ⓘ Administrative Procedure Act ⓘ Bankruptcy Code sovereign immunity provisions ⓘ Bivens doctrine ⓘ Civil Rights Act of 1871 ⓘ Federal Employees Liability Reform and Tort Compensation Act ⓘ Federal Tort Claims Act ⓘ Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act ⓘ linked to: United States sovereign immunity law Little Tucker Act ⓘ Quiet Title Act ⓘ Religious Freedom Restoration Act ⓘ Tucker Act ⓘ linked to: Tucker Act jurisdiction
includesDoctrine	Eleventh Amendment immunity ⓘ linked to: Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution Ex parte Young doctrine ⓘ linked to: Ex parte Young abrogation of state sovereign immunity by Congress ⓘ absolute immunity ⓘ derivative sovereign immunity ⓘ federal preemption of state immunity in some contexts ⓘ individual-capacity suits ⓘ official-capacity suits ⓘ qualified immunity ⓘ
interpretedBy	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ United States Courts of Appeals ⓘ linked to: United States courts of appeals United States District Courts ⓘ linked to: United States district courts
keyCase	Alden v. Maine ⓘ Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama v. Garrett ⓘ Central Virginia Community College v. Katz ⓘ Chisholm v. Georgia ⓘ College Savings Bank v. Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board ⓘ Ex parte Young ⓘ FDIC v. Meyer ⓘ Federal Housing Administration v. Burr ⓘ Hans v. Louisiana ⓘ Kimel v. Florida Board of Regents ⓘ Lane v. Peña ⓘ Nevada Department of Human Resources v. Hibbs ⓘ Seminole Tribe v. Florida ⓘ linked to: Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida Sossamon v. Texas ⓘ Tennessee v. Lane ⓘ United States v. Mitchell ⓘ
legalSystem	United States law ⓘ
limitedBy	Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ Spending Clause conditions ⓘ bankruptcy power of Congress ⓘ
purpose	to define when governments may be sued ⓘ to protect governmental functions from undue interference by litigation ⓘ
relatedTo	administrative law ⓘ civil rights litigation ⓘ constitutional torts ⓘ federal jurisdiction ⓘ federal sovereign immunity ⓘ foreign sovereign immunity ⓘ government liability ⓘ remedies against government ⓘ state sovereign immunity ⓘ tribal sovereign immunity ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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

United States sovereign immunity law → implementedBy → Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act ⓘ

linked to: United States sovereign immunity law

Chisholm v. Georgia → statePosition → Georgia claimed sovereign immunity from suit without its consent ⓘ