Yesterday, the supreme court overruled a 1979 precedent that had said State X could be sued in State Y's courts. In the new decision, the court ruled that states have sovereign immunity versus each other: State X cannot by sued in State Y's courts, unless State X waives its immunity and allows itself to be.

I'm not a lawyer, but when Maryland left the ACC, the ACC sued Maryland in a North Carolina court, which was allowable under the 1979 precedent, and which surely put pressure on Maryland to settle.

Would that kind of lawsuit be allowed now under the new doctrine? If not, it could make it easier for schools that are public, and thus arms of their state's government, to leave conferences without worrying as much about legal ramifications in other state jurisdictions?

Or am i just way off base on this? Lawyers?