Franchise Tax Bd. of Cal. v. Hyatt
Supreme Court of the United States
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thomas
*1490 This case, now before us for the third time, requires us to decide whether the Constitution permits a State to be sued by a private party without its consent in the courts of a different State. We hold that it does not and overrule our decision to the contrary in Nevada v. Hall , 440 U.S. 410 , 99 S.Ct. 1182 , 59 L.Ed.2d 416 (1979).
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In the early 1990s, respondent Gilbert Hyatt earned substantial income from a technology patent for a computer formed on a single integrated circuit chip. Although Hyatt's claim was later canceled, see Hyatt v. Boone , 146 F. 3d 1348 (C.A. Fed. 1998), his…
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