Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution
1795 amendment restricting ability to sue states in federal courts
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Summary
Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution is an amendment to the United States Constitution[1].
Key Facts
- Follows: United States Bill of Rights[2]
- Part of the series: list of amendments to the United States Constitution[3]
- Part of: United States Constitution[4]
- Legislated by: 3rd United States Congress[5]
- Has cause: Chisholm v. Georgia[6]
- Main subject: sovereign immunity in the United States[7]
- Applies to jurisdiction: United States[8]
- Ratified by: New York[9], Rhode Island[10], Connecticut[11], New Hampshire[12], Massachusetts[13], Vermont[14], Virginia[15], Georgia[16], Kentucky[17], Maryland[18], Delaware[19], North Carolina[20], South Carolina[21], New Jersey[22]
- Effective date: February 7, 1795[23]