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JOSHUA B. v. NEW TRIER TP. HIGH SCHOOL DIST. 203

No. 90 C 6104.

770 F.Supp. 431 (1991)

JOSHUA B., et al., Plaintiffs, v. NEW TRIER TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT 203, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, E.D.

August 5, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lorna E. Propes, Susan G. Feibus, Louis B. Garippo, Kane, Obbish, Propes & Garippo, Brooke R. Whitted, Kay R. Kraning, Whitted & Kraning, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs.

John A. Relias, James J. Zuehl, Vedder, Price Kaufman & Kammholz, Chicago, Ill., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ZAGEL, District Judge.

As a general rule, an individual may not sue the sovereign. "It is axiomatic that the United States may not be sued without its consent and that the existence of consent is a prerequisite for jurisdiction." United States v. Mitchell, 463 U.S. 206, 103 S.Ct. 2961, 2965, 77 L.Ed.2d 580 (1983). Each state government, like the federal government, has a constitutional interest...

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