When will a federal court dismiss a complaint based on sovereign immunity?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Tonina v. Conn. Dep't of Revenue Servs., No. 20-1034 (2nd Cir. 2021):
When a district court dismisses a complaint based on Eleventh Amendment sovereign immunity, we review its legal conclusions de novo and its factual findings for clear error. Leitner v. Westchester Cmty. Coll., 779 F.3d 130, 134 (2d Cir. 2015).
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