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In '''''Hans v. Louisiana''''', 134 U.S. 1 (1890), the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] established a broad view of the [[Eleventh Amendment]] and of [[sovereign immunity]].  Specifically, the Court held that the [[Eleventh Amendment]] protects a state from being sued by one of its own citizens in [[federal court]].

:It is inherent in the nature of sovereignty not to be amenable to the suit of an individual without its consent. This is the general sense and the general practice of mankind; and the exemption, as one of the attributes of sovereignty, is now enjoyed by the government of every State in the Union. Unless, therefore, there is a surrender of this immunity in the plan of the convention, it will remain with the States ...." 

''Id.'' at 13 (quoting The Federalist No. 81, pp.&nbsp;548–549 (J. Cooke ed. 1961)) (emphasis added and deleted).
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