Chisholm v. Georgia

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Chisholm v. Georgia was a 1793 U.S. Supreme Court case that held a state could be sued in federal court by a citizen of another state, a ruling that led directly to the adoption of the Eleventh Amendment limiting such suits.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
landmark United States constitutional law case ⓘ
areaOfLaw constitutional law ⓘ
federal courts ⓘ
sovereign immunity ⓘ
citation 2 U.S. (2 Dall.) 419 ⓘ
constitutionalDoctrine state sovereign immunity under the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted Article III of the United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
court Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate 1793-02-18 ⓘ
defendant State of Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Georgia
dissentingJustice James Iredell ⓘ
linked to: James Iredell Sr.
dissentReasoning States retain sovereign immunity unless they consent to be sued ⓘ
fullName Chisholm, Executor v. Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Chisholm v. Georgia
hasParty Alexander Chisholm ⓘ
State of Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Georgia
held A state can be sued in federal court by a citizen of another state ⓘ
historicalSignificance First major Supreme Court case interpreting Article III jurisdiction over states ⓘ
impact Prompted adoption of the Eleventh Amendment limiting suits against states ⓘ
jurisdictionBasis diversity jurisdiction between a state and a citizen of another state ⓘ
languageOfCourt English ⓘ
ledTo Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
legalIssue federal jurisdiction over suits against states ⓘ
sovereign immunity of U.S. states ⓘ
locationOfCourt Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia
majorityJustices James Wilson ⓘ
John Blair Jr. ⓘ
John Jay ⓘ
William Cushing ⓘ
majorityReasoning The people, not the states, are sovereign under the Constitution ⓘ
plaintiff Alexander Chisholm ⓘ
plaintiffPosition A state is subject to federal judicial power in suits by citizens of other states under Article III ⓘ
precedentStatus Superseded by constitutional amendment in part ⓘ
proceduralPosture Original action filed in the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
relatedAmendment Eleventh Amendment ⓘ
relatedConcept federal judicial power over states ⓘ
state sovereign immunity in U.S. law ⓘ
stateInvolved Georgia ⓘ
statePosition Georgia claimed sovereign immunity from suit without its consent ⓘ
subjectMatter collection of a debt owed by the State of Georgia ⓘ
subsequentDevelopment Overruled in effect by the Eleventh Amendment ⓘ
subsequentEffectOnLaw Restricted by later interpretations of the Eleventh Amendment ⓘ
timePeriod Early Republic era of United States constitutional history ⓘ
voteSplit 4–1 ⓘ
yearDecided 1793 ⓘ

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James Iredell Sr. → notableWork → Opinion in Chisholm v. Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Chisholm v. Georgia
Chisholm v. Georgia (Supreme Court decision) → fullCaseName → Alexander Chisholm, Executor v. State of Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Chisholm v. Georgia
United States sovereign immunity law → keyCase → Chisholm v. Georgia ⓘ
Chisholm v. Georgia → fullName → Chisholm, Executor v. Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Chisholm v. Georgia
United States Supreme Court cases → hasPart → Chisholm v. Georgia ⓘ
Alexander Chisholm → partyTo → Chisholm v. Georgia ⓘ
Alexander Chisholm → hasNameInCaseTitle → Chisholm v. Georgia ⓘ