Note:

Jessica Pulliam, State Sovereign Immunity in Administrative Action, 80 TEXAS L. REV. 1179 (2002).

Abstract:

Recent Supreme Court decisions extending states’ Eleventh Amendment immunity from suit have foreclosed many avenues for private plaintiffs seeking to enforce federal laws against the states. This Note explores the constitutionality of private suits brought directly against states before an administrative agency, suggesting that current jurisprudence allows states to retain immunity from private suits before administrative agencies.