Citing Sovereign Immunity, 8th Circuit OKs Quash Of Third-Party Deposition Bid

( April 15, 2026, 9:00 AM EDT) -- ST. LOUIS — Concluding that the trial court wrongly applied a 1997 decision and that here the circumstances mean that “state sovereign immunity does bar enforcement of” a subpoena duces tecum for third-party deposition from Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) in a suit over a fatal shooting, the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals reversed denial of a motion to quash the subpoena....

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