Is The California State Bar as a Public Corporation Entitled to Immunity?
This article asks the question: Is The California State Bar Entitled to Immunity? There is the question of whether the State Bar as a public corporation, is entitled to immunity under the Eleventh Amendment from suit in federal court as an “arm of the state”? There was a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals opinion issued in the Kohn v. State Bar of California case. Should a non-governmental entity have sovereign immunity to protect corrupt lawyers and judges? Continue reading