California had claimed constitutional immunity from the suit brought by the finders to establish title.
Hashimi denied all charges and claimed constitutional immunity from the prosecution.
Under the court's recent precedents, Congress lacks the ability to abrogate the states' constitutional immunity from lawsuits under the general authority to regulate interstate commerce.
The loss of his constitutional immunity appeared to be only the beginning of a long legal and political struggle.
A year-long investigation by a congressional commission had earlier led to the removal of García's constitutional immunity from prosecution [see p. 38387].
The President of the Russian Federation has constitutional immunity.
Imoke had lost his constitutional immunity after his election as governor of Cross River state had been annulled.
Prosecutors have said that they will indict the president in the same case as his wife once he leaves office and loses his constitutional immunity from prosecution.
Without ruling on the merits of the complaint, a panel of the appeals court found that West Virginia had constitutional immunity against the lawsuit.
If they can't agree, the tribe may go to court and force mediation, but some states have sought to block this by claiming constitutional immunity.