Rosenberg Development Corporation v. Imperial Performing Arts, Inc.

The sovereign immunity doctrine prohibits suits against the government without the state's consent. Though rooted in the feudal fiction that the "king can do no wrong,"1 modern justifications for sovereign immunity are political, pecuniary, and pragmatic.2 Among other benefits, sovereign immunity maintains equilibrium among the branches of government by honoring "the allocation of responsibility" for resolving disputes with the state.3 The immunity doctrine also protects the public coffers by deferring to the Legislature's policy decisions about "when to allow tax resources to be shifted…