8, Clause4 of the Constitution abrogated state immunity in bankruptcy cases. In Lapides v. Board of Regents of University System of Georgia, , the Supreme Court ruled that when a state invokes a federal court's removal jurisdiction, it waives the Eleventh Amendment in the removed case. Territorial application The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has ruled that Puerto Rico enjoys Eleventh Amendment immunity. The territories of American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands and the Virgin Islands do not enjoy Eleventh Amendment immunity. See also Atascadero State Hospital v. Scanlon Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board v. College Savings Bank References External links CRS Annotated Constitution: Eleventh Amendment Leaving the Chisholm Trail Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution Amendments to the United States Constitution 1794 in American politics 3rd United States Congress State sovereign immunity in the United States 1795 in American law 1795 in American politics