Justice Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court. We are asked once again to mark the boundaries of state sovereign immunity from suit in federal court. The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit found that immunity did not extend to suits by Indian tribes, and Alaska seeks review of that determination. I In 1980, Alaska enacted a revenue-sharing statute that provided annu…
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