JURIST - Paper Chase: Supreme Court rules prisoners may not seek monetary damages for violation of rights

JURIST - Paper Chase: Supreme Court rules prisoners may not seek monetary damages for violation of rights: "Applying ordinary contract principles here would also make little sense because contracts with a sovereign are unique: They do not traditionally confer a right of action for damages to enforce compliance. More fundamentally, Sossamon's implied-contract remedy cannot be squared with the rule that a sovereign immunity waiver must be expressly and unequivocally stated in the relevant statute's text."