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42 Pa.C.S. § 8521: Sovereign immunity generally.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART VII CIVIL ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS
- CHAPTER 85 MATTERS AFFECTING GOVERNMENT UNITS
- SUBCHAPTER B ACTIONS AGAINST COMMONWEALTH PARTIES SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY LIMITATIONS ON DAMAGES SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY
(a) General rule.--Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, no provision of this title shall constitute a waiver of sovereign immunity for the purpose of 1 Pa.C.S. § 2310 (relating to sovereign immunity reaffirmed; specific waiver) or otherwise.
(b) Federal courts.--Nothing contained in this subchapter shall be construed to waive the immunity of the Commonwealth from suit in Federal courts guaranteed by the Eleventh Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
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