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Thank you for that. I hadn't seen that case before. I sued the State here in Illinois a couple of years ago because I tried to FOIA some statutes and was reject
by kingcharles 5y ago
Thank you for that. I hadn't seen that case before. I sued the State here in Illinois a couple of years ago because I tried to FOIA some statutes and was rejected under the copyright exemption. The State even had their database admin come to testify that they paid thousands of dollars a month to LexisNexis. I cited all the previous district court and appellate rulings (from other circuits), but ultimately lost.
- Dracophoenix 5y agoI thought you couldn't sue a state in its own courts. How did you manage to do it?
- djrogers 5y agoIt’s the other way around - you can’t sue a state in another state’s court: https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/franchise-tax-board-of-california-v-hyatt-2/ https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/franchise-tax-bo...
- dragonwriter 5y ago> It’s the other way around - you can’t sue a state in another state’s court Sovereign immunity means you can’t sue a state in its own courts, either, except in the ways it has agreed to be suable, which tend to be a small subset of those reasons for which any other party would be.
- kingcharles 5y agoI think you're referring to sovereign immunity. That doesn't apply to FOIA cases as the law gives a statutory right to sue.