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United States v. Lee
''United States v. Lee'', , is a 5-to-4 ruling by the United States Supreme Court which held that the Constitution's prohibition on lawsuits against the federal government did not extend to officers of the government themselves.〔 The case involved the heir of Mary Anna Custis Lee, wife of Confederate States of America General Robert E. Lee, who sued to regain control of Arlington House and its grounds. Arlington had been seized by the United States government in 1861 and eventually converted into Arlington National Cemetery. The estate had been sold to pay outstanding taxes, but the lawsuit contested the tax sale as improper. A jury found in favor of the Lees.〔Chase, 1930, p. 191.〕 The Supreme Court, too, concluded that the tax sale was illegal.〔〔Meyer, 1998, p. 140.〕〔Amar, 1987, p. 1512.〕〔On this point, the Court was unanimous. See: Grant, 1996, p. 203, note 254.〕 In stripping the federal officers of their sovereign immunity, the Supreme Court agreed that suit against them was proper.〔〔Jackson, 1969, p. 96; Stephenson, 2003, p. 74.〕
The jury verdict returned Arlington to the Lee family, but only temporarily. The family never returned to Arlington, but rather sold the estate to the United States government in 1883 for $150,000 ($ in dollars).〔Holt, 2010, p. 336.〕
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