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in the common law concept that, as ruler of the country, the sovereign (government) cannot be sued unless it consents. The Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution codified this protection for states, protecting them from being sued in federal courts. While the basic principle remains today, it has been the subject of legislative enactments at the federal and state levels that circumscribe, limit, or otherwise waive sovereign immunity. Since local governmental entities are not recognized as sovereigns in their own right, they derive their sovereign immunity from state legislation and exercise only those sovereign powers delegated to them by the states. Most public airports are owned and operated by units of local government or regional governmental authorities. Therefore, the extent of sovereign immunity granted to airports varies from state to state. This digest provides an overview of sovereign immunity as it applies to airports and provides a state-by-state summary of each state’s statutory authority and relevant case law. Appendix A provides a table of cases, and Appendix B contains a chart of authorities.

ACRP Project 11-01

English

188p

2015-3

ACRP Legal Research Digest

9780309308410

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Appendices; References

Airports; Aviation law; Legal documents; Legal factors; Local government; Regional government; Sovereign immunity

Aviation; Law; I70: Traffic and Transport

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