U.S. 699 (1950); United States
_v._ Texas, 339 U.S. 707 (1950).

[423] 2 Dall. 419, 478 (1793).

[424] 6 Wheat. 264, 412 (1821).

[425] 8 Pet. 436, 444 (1834).

[426] United States _v._ McLemore, 4 How. 286 (1846); Hill _v._ United
States, 9 How. 386, 389 (1850); DeGroot _v._ United States, 5 Wall. 419,
431 (1867); United States _v._ Eckford, 6 Wall. 484, 488 (1868); The
Siren, 7 Wall. 152, 154 (1869); Nichols _v._ United States, 7 Wall. 122,
126 (1869); The Davis, 10 Wall. 15, 20 (1870); Carr _v._ United States,
98 U.S. 433, 437-439 (1879). "It is also clear that the Federal
Government, in the absence of its consent, is not liable in tort for the
negligence of its agents or employees. Gibbons _v._ United States, 8
Wall. 269, 275 (1869); Peabody _v._ United States, 231 U.S. 530, 539
(1913); Keokuk & Hamilton Bridge Co. _v._ United States, 260 U.S. 125,
127 (1922). The reason for such immunity as stated by Mr. Justice Holmes
in Kawananakoa _v._ Polyblank, 205 U.S. 349, 353 (1907), is because
'there can be no legal right as against the authority that makes the law
on which the right depends.' _See also_ The Western Maid, 257 U.S. 419,
433 (1922). As the Housing Act does not purport to authorize suits
against the United States as such, the question is whether the
Authority--which is clearly an agency of the United States--partakes of
this sovereign immunity. The answer must be sought in the intention of
the Congress. Sloan Shipyards case, 258 U.S. 549, 570 (1922); Federal
Land Bank _v._ Priddy, 295 U.S. 229, 231 (1935). This involves a
consideration of the extent to which other Government-owned corporations
have been held liable for their wrongful acts." 39 Op. Atty. Gen. 559,
562 (1938).

[427] 106 U.S. 196 (1882).

[428] Lonergan _v._ United States, 303 U.S. 33 (1938).

[429] United States _v._ N.Y. Rayon Importing Co., 329 U.S. 654 (1947).

[430] United States _v._ Shaw, 309 U.S. 495 (1940). Here it was said
that the reasons for sovereign immunity "partake somewhat of dignity and
decorum, somewhat of practical administration, somewhat of the political
desirability of an impregnable legal citadel where government, as
distinct from its functionaries may operate undisturbed by the demands
of litigants," ibid. 500-501. The Court went on to hold that when the
United States took possession of the assets of Fleet Corporation and
assumed its obligations, it did not waive its immunity from suit in a
State court on a c