Petitions of the week: Four petitions that test the limits on lawsuits against the government
SCOTUSBlog
JANUARY 8, 2021
The district court ruled that Ex parte Young applied because Congress’ approval of the compact made it binding federal law. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit disagreed and barred the suit, seeing the compact as more akin to an agreement that New Jersey could — and did — renounce. Webster County, Mississippi.
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