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Florida Attorney General Reports
Decided September 11, 1980Published
1Opinion of the Court
Bob Graham Governor Tallahassee
QUESTION:
May the Governor waive the sovereign immunity of the state by contract with the United States Government?
SUMMARY:
The Governor is not authorized by the Constitution or by general law to waive the sovereign immunity of the state pursuant to a contractual agreement with the United States Department of Interior in order to obtain certain privileged and proprietary information concerning oil and gas reserves adjacent to the state's seaward boundary under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, as amended, 43 U.S.C. § 1331, et seq. (1979).
The Outer Continental…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Principality of Monaco v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Department of Employment v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Weinberger v. Board of Public InstructionSupreme Court of Florida · 1927
- Edgerton v. International CompanySupreme Court of Florida · 1956
- Union Fish Co. v. EricksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
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