Steve M

There seems to be a "sister doctrine" to Sovereign Immunity which is Intergovernmental Immunity Doctrine. It's described as, "A principle established under Constitutional Law that prevents the federal govt and individual state governments from intruding on one another's sovereignty. Intergovernmental immunity is intended to keep government agencies from restricting the rights of other government agencies." So, admittedly not knowing the specific situation, I'm going to make some assumptions and broad-jumps here. I would think that, under this doctrine, if the State attempted to act against the Fed, for example: "Because of the actions your contractor caused, we're fining the govt $1000.00 per day"; I believe the Fed can refuse to pay under this doctrine. Thoughts?