(3) is exempt from all state property taxation; see 36 P.S. § 651.15. On the other hand, the Commission possesses certain traits not at all characteristic of an arm of the state; for example, the Commission may sue and be sued in its own name; see 36 P.S. § 651.7(a)(3); and has the power to enter into contracts in its own name; see 36 P.S. § 651.7(a)(2). On balance, the “status under state law” factors weigh slightly in favor of the conclusion that the Commission is not an arm of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. This is true, especially in light of the plurality holding of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in Specter that the Commission is not an integral part of the Commonwealth, and thus cannot share the attributes of sovereignty which inhere in the state. Cf. Peters, 16 F.3d at 1351 (<HOLDING>). The Commission contends that in enacting
recognizing that it is an open question whether drpa is a federal agency governed by the apa or a state agency governed by state administrative law holding agencies of state government are part of the state for purposes of sovereign immunity holding that the commission is a commonwealth agency entitled to sovereign immunity holding that the delaware river port authoritys status under state law weighs in favor of the conclusion that the agency does not enjoy sovereign immunity especially in light of a pennsylvania supreme court case holding that the drpa is not an integral part of the commonwealth of pennsylvania  citation omitted holding that the doctrine of sovereign immunity in the commonwealth resulted from a mistaken view of the law by earlier courts