"Suable" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Marshall asserted, "the universally received opinion is, that no suit can be commenced or prosecuted against the United States." The issue was more directly in question in United States v. Clarke[425] where Chief Justice Marshall stated that as the United States is "not suable of common right, the party who institutes such suit must bring his case within the authority of some act of Congress, or the court cannot exercise jurisdiction over it." He thereupon ruled that the act of May 26, 1830, for the final settlement of land claims in Florida condoned the suit. ...
— The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation • Edward Corwin |
