Legal Opinion

United States v. Rural Electric Convenience Cooperative Co.

District Court, C.D. Illinois

Decided June 14, 1991No. 89-3214Published

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

RICHARD MILLS, District Judge:

A question of sovereign immunity.

This cause comes before the Court upon remand from the Seventh Circuit.

The circuit court vacated our prior decision denying the United States’ motion for a preliminary injunction of a parallel state *257court proceeding and remanded with instructions to determine “whether sovereign immunity precludes the government’s intervention in the state court suit.” United States v. Rural Electric Convenience Cooperative Co., 922 F.2d 429, 434 (7th Cir.1991).

Following receipt of the circuit court’s mandate, we ordered the parties to file…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. HaldermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Cohens v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1821
  3. Larson v. Domestic and Foreign Commerce Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
  4. Dugan v. RankSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  5. Roland MacHinery Company v. Dresser Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984

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