Franchise Tax Board of California v. Hyatt

Case Overview

Held 5-4 that states retain sovereign immunity from private suits in the courts of other states, overruling Nevada v. Hall. The third Supreme Court round of Gilbert Hyatt's decades-long fight with California's tax agency, and a modern flashpoint on stare decisis: Justice Breyer's dissent warned about which cases the Court might overrule next, three years before Dobbs.