Erickson Oil Products, Inc. v. State

The two issues in this appeal are whether the State has consented to be sued for specific performance of a contract for the sale of State surplus real estate and, if not, whether this results in an unconstitutional deprivation of a certain remedy guaranteed by Wis. Const, art. I, § 9. Because the State legislature has not clearly and expressly consented to be sued, the State retained its sovereign immunity, and because there is no right to hold a sovereign liable and, in any event, a remedy is available to Erickson, the trial court's judgment granting the State's motion to dismiss the lawsuit…