ARM OF THE STATE

arm of the state.An entity created by a state and operating as an alter ego or instrumentality of

the state, such as a state university or a state department of transportation. • The 11th Amendment

of  the  U.S.  Constitution  generally  bars  suits  in  federal  court  by  individuals  against  states.  The

Amendment has been interpreted as protecting arms of the state as well as the state itself. Cities

and  local  school districts  have been held  not to  be  arms  of  the  state.  [Cases:  States    45.  C.J.S.

States §§ 79, 82, 136.] [Blacks Law 8th]