Comments on: In today’s WSJ: sovereign immunity in Washington https://www.overlawyered.com/2005/12/in-todays-wsj-sovereign-immunity-in-washington/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Thu, 12 Jan 2006 23:01:08 +0000 hourly 1 By: PointOfLaw Forum https://www.overlawyered.com/2005/12/in-todays-wsj-sovereign-immunity-in-washington/comment-page-1/#comment-1804 Thu, 12 Jan 2006 23:01:08 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=2940#comment-1804 ACLU appeals Castle Rock v. Gonzales to int’l “human rights” tribunal

Reaffirming the general deference paid to state sovereign immunity, and following in the footsteps of its 1989 decision in DeShaney v. Winnebago County, the Supreme Court this June in Castle Rock v. Gonzales declined to create a constitutional right to…

]]> By: Overlawyered https://www.overlawyered.com/2005/12/in-todays-wsj-sovereign-immunity-in-washington/comment-page-1/#comment-1803 Tue, 03 Jan 2006 22:57:23 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=2940#comment-1803 Sovereign immunity, cont’d

Following up on my WSJ piece about the problems that arose for the state of Washington when it came to be exposed to lawsuits alleging that it had failed to prevent some types of crime…

]]> By: markm https://www.overlawyered.com/2005/12/in-todays-wsj-sovereign-immunity-in-washington/comment-page-1/#comment-1802 Tue, 03 Jan 2006 11:39:16 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=2940#comment-1802 I’d think the real problem is that the state’s tort laws have left everyone vulnerable to ridiculous lawsuits, not that the state failed to exempt itself.

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