The state's Senate Republican caucus has sovereign immunity and is immune from a lawsuit stemming from a contract, the Commonwealth Court has ruled in an apparent case of first impression.
The en banc court ruled in Precision Marketing v. Commonwealth that the Senate Republican caucus is protected under the doctrine of sovereign immunity from contract lawsuits seeking damages. In the decision, the court examined whether the Senate Republican caucus can be considered "the commonwealth," and whether any payments the caucus might have to make pursuant to a lawsuit could "injure the state" by coming from the state's treasury funds.
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