Chisholm v. Georgia prompted the Eleventh Amendment stripping federal suit jurisdiction over states

Evidence

In Chisholm v. Georgia, the Supreme Court ruled that the executor of the estate of a South Carolina citizen could sue the state of Georgia in federal court to recover payment for supplies that were sold to the state during the American Revolution. The Court’s decision was arguably a faithful reading of Article III of the Constitution, which authorized federal courts to hear disputes “between a state and citizens of another state.” However, states rights’ advocates were outraged, detecting a threat to state sovereignty in the Court’s ruling. The lower house of the Georgia legislature responded by passing a bill to punish by “hanging without benefit of clergy” any person aiding in the enforcement of the Chisholm decision. A more lasting response was the adoption of the Eleventh Amendment, which prohibited the federal courts from hearing suits against a state by a citizen of another state or of a foreign country. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 256

Categorization

• CANDY: The Georgia legislature threatening to hang Supreme Court enforcers ‘without benefit of clergy’ is a vivid founding-era tidbit.
• XREF: connects to: Federal court jurisdiction is bounded by Article III and statute — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 239; Congress defines federal court jurisdiction within constitutional limits — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 240; Congress deliberately delegated antitrust law creation to the courts via broad statutory language — Frederick Schauer, Thinking Like a Lawyer, 273 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Congress defines federal court jurisdiction within constitutional limits #expands (0.80) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 240
• Federal court jurisdiction is bounded by Article III and statute #exemplifies (0.78) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 239
• Congress expands federal jurisdiction in response to political and caseload pressures #expands (0.76) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 259
• Congress deliberately delegated antitrust law creation to the courts via broad statutory language #expands (0.72) — Frederick Schauer, Thinking Like a Lawyer, 273