Nevada v. Hall

In this tort action arising out of an automoble collision in California, a California court has entered a judgment against the State of Nevada that Nevada’s own courts could not have entered. We granted certiorari to decide whether federal law prohibits the California courts from entering such'a judgment or, indeed, from asserting any jurisdiction over another sovereign State.

The respondents are California residents. They suffered severe injuries in an automoble collision on a California highway on May 13, 1968. The driver of the other vehicle, an employee of the University of Nevada, was…