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524 F.2d 38·
3d Cir.·
1975-08-27
·cited 24×
Pennsylvania's Goods and Services Installment Sales Act can constitutionally apply to an out-of-state mail-order seller's transactions with Pennsylvania residents, as Pennsylvania has a sufficient interest and the Act does not violate the Due Process, Full Faith and Credit, or Co
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443 F.2d 415·
2d Cir.·
1971-05-12
·cited 24×
The court held that the Eleventh Amendment bars the suit against the State of New York in federal court, and that the plaintiff's motion to amend the complaint to sue the Commissioner of Transportation was properly denied because the suit would still be barred by sovereign immuni
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291 F.2d 487·
2d Cir.·
1961-06-21
·cited 24×
The court held that the district court had jurisdiction to hear a motion to quash an IRS summons, and that the appeal from the denial of that motion was not moot and was appealable.
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764 F.2d 623·
9th Cir.·
1985-06-25
·cited 23×
The court held that the Hou Hawaiians do not qualify for jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1362 because they are not a federally recognized tribe, but federal question jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1331 exists due to the federal-state compact. However, claims against the State are
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851 F.2d 93·
3d Cir.·
1988-07-01
·cited 22×
Denial of summary judgment on qualified immunity grounds is not immediately appealable when prospective relief claims remain pending against the official. However, if an official is only sued for damages, the denial of their qualified immunity motion is appealable.
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709 F.2d 257·
4th Cir.·
1983-06-08
·cited 22×
The dissenting judge would reverse the district court's ruling that Virginia's transfer of assets provision was invalid prior to the Boren-Long Amendment, and would affirm the district court's ruling on the amended plan.
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679 F.2d 656·
6th Cir.·
1982-06-04
·cited 22×
The court held that Ohio's trade screening requirement and competitive bidding guidelines are valid, but the provisions restricting advance and guaranteed payments are remanded for further consideration under the Commerce Clause.
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530 F.2d 457·
2d Cir.·
1976-02-10
·cited 22×
The court dismissed the case for lack of ripeness, finding that federal jurisdiction had not yet attached because the appellants had not filed a divorce complaint in state court.
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452 F.2d 820·
8th Cir.·
1971-11-11
·cited 22×
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586 F.2d 311·
4th Cir.·
1978-11-03
·cited 21×
The court held that there is no implied cause of action for damages against a municipality under the Fourteenth Amendment, even with federal question jurisdiction, for the acts of its employees.
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559 F.2d 241·
5th Cir.·
1977-09-14
·cited 21×
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503 F.2d 263·
3d Cir.·
1974-09-05
·cited 21×
State officials are 'persons' under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for prospective relief, and the Eleventh Amendment does not bar such relief, but it does bar retroactive monetary relief against state officials.
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896 F.2d 1046·
7th Cir.·
1990-02-21
·cited 20×
State administrative agencies cannot concede immunity from federal law; they must comply with federal law and the Constitution without waiting for a judicial order.
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864 F.2d 1202·
5th Cir.·
1989-02-08
·cited 20×
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793 F.2d 636·
5th Cir.·
1986-07-02
·cited 20×
The court held that the district court erred in issuing a preliminary injunction without adequately assessing the validity of the PPST and its relationship to the State's legitimate interests, and vacated the injunction.
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469 F.2d 446·
5th Cir.·
1972-11-07
·cited 20×
A pro se prisoner's complaint alleging denial of correspondence with a spiritual advisor, even if inartfully pleaded, is sufficient to warrant an opportunity to present evidence and amend the complaint.
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384 F.3d 1248·
11th Cir.·
2004-09-14
·cited 19×
The Eleventh Circuit reversed in part and affirmed in part the district court's grant of summary judgment. The court reversed as to the plaintiff's Eighth Amendment claims for monetary damages against Warden Sikes in his individual capacity, and for injunctive relief against Sike
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939 F.2d 727·
9th Cir.·
1991-07-19
·cited 19×
The court held that the sponsors of a ballot initiative have standing to intervene and appeal a post-judgment decision holding the initiative unconstitutional, even when the named defendant chooses not to appeal, provided they meet Article III standing requirements.
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629 F. Supp. 273·
M.D. Fla.·
1986-01-29
·cited 19×
The court denied the motion to dismiss, finding that plaintiffs' allegations of constitutional violations and statutory rights under § 1983 and § 504 stated a federal question. The court also granted the motion to amend the class, certifying two subclasses.
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618 F.2d 232·
3d Cir.·
1980-02-28
·cited 19×
The court held that a suit for prospective injunctive relief against a state directly under the Fourteenth Amendment is barred by the Eleventh Amendment, but remanded for the plaintiff to amend his complaint to sue the appropriate state official.
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873 F.2d 820·
5th Cir.·
1989-05-30
·cited 18×
The majority found that neither federal nor state claim preclusion rules barred the plaintiff's § 1983 claim. The dissenting judge disagreed with the suggestion that a federal claim preclusion rule could apply.
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807 F.2d 1325·
7th Cir.·
1986-08-22
·cited 18×
The court held that the district court should have abstained under Younger v. Harris, and that the father's due process claim failed because the alleged deprivation was at most negligent, not intentional. Injunctive relief against a state agency is barred by the Eleventh Amendmen
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789 F.2d 1477·
10th Cir.·
1986-05-05
·cited 18×
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786 F.2d 298·
7th Cir.·
1986-03-11
·cited 18×
The court held that prospective injunctive relief is not barred by the Eleventh Amendment and that defamation coupled with discharge can state a § 1983 claim for deprivation of a liberty interest. However, pendant state law claims are not appealable without proper certification.
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754 F.2d 955·
11th Cir.·
1985-03-08
·cited 18×
The court held that the district court erred in denying class certification based on factual differences and in dismissing the case as moot and barred by the Eleventh Amendment, as plaintiffs have a live claim for notice relief.
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599 F.2d 599·
4th Cir.·
1979-06-05
·cited 18×
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388 F.2d 998·
Ct. Cl.·
1967-04-14
·cited 18×
The dissenting judge argues that the majority's decision leaves the Menominee plaintiffs in a state of legal uncertainty by failing to definitively resolve their hunting and fishing rights.
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879 F.2d 429·
8th Cir.·
1989-07-19
·cited 17×
The court held that the Eleventh Amendment bars monetary damages against state officials in their official capacity, but prospective injunctive relief is permissible. The complaint did not clearly state a claim against the defendant in his individual capacity.
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774 F.2d 575·
3d Cir.·
1985-09-30
·cited 16×
The court held that federal courts have jurisdiction to enforce state-mandated educational standards that exceed the federal minimum under the Education of the Handicapped Act, and that the district court did not err in finding that New Jersey's standard required a placement that
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768 F.2d 1030·
9th Cir.·
1985-08-12
·cited 16×
The court held that the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) has a sufficiently comprehensive enforcement scheme to preclude private enforcement through 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and that the pesticide spraying project did not constitute major federal action requir
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742 F.2d 277·
6th Cir.·
1984-08-22
·cited 16×
The court held that the district court erred in dismissing the cases on mootness and Eleventh Amendment grounds, and that Quern-type notice relief is permissible ancillary relief to prospective injunctions.
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737 F.2d 830·
9th Cir.·
1984-07-17
·cited 16×
The court held that the district court should have abstained from deciding state law claims concerning land use planning regulations, as these issues were complex, uncertain, and sensitive areas of social policy best left to state courts.
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694 F.2d 449·
6th Cir.·
1982-11-29
·cited 16×
The court held that the bankruptcy judge erred in issuing turnover orders against the State of Ohio, as the state likely possessed sovereign immunity under the Eleventh Amendment and the orders constituted impermissible retroactive monetary awards from the state treasury.
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675 F.2d 614·
4th Cir.·
1982-04-18
·cited 16×
The court held that the garnishment of Social Security benefits, though settled, presented a justiciable controversy capable of repetition yet evading review, thus reversing the dismissal for mootness. The court also affirmed the dismissal of the Attorney General as a party.
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674 F.2d 816·
9th Cir.·
1982-04-15
·cited 16×
The State of Nevada, not having been a party to the district court proceedings, lacks standing to appeal the declaratory judgment and injunction.
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527 F.2d 1115·
2d Cir.·
1975-12-22
·cited 16×
The court held that appellants were not entitled to a stay of civil penalties because they had already waived their right to judicial review of the consent orders and were contesting the interpretation, not the validity, of those orders.
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496 F.2d 1110·
7th Cir.·
1974-05-09
·cited 16×
A federal court's civil contempt order imposing monetary sanctions for non-compliance with a prospective injunction requiring timely processing of AFDC applications is permissible under the Eleventh Amendment.
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442 F.2d 566·
2d Cir.·
1971-05-05
·cited 16×
The court held that the Long Island State Park Commission is not an alter ego of the state and thus not immune from suit, but the case must be remanded due to lack of alleged jurisdictional amount in controversy.
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881 F.2d 1018·
11th Cir.·
1989-08-24
·cited 15×
The court held that the employee's claim that he was denied a right to notice of his appellate rights was deficient because he had actual notice of the rules and the due process clause does not require a state to advise an employee of appellate rights in a termination letter.
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813 F.2d 843·
7th Cir.·
1987-03-10
·cited 15×
The Eleventh Amendment bars suits against Purdue University and for damages against its officials in their official capacities, but not for prospective injunctive relief like reinstatement.
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725 F.2d 823·
1st Cir.·
1984-01-26
·cited 15×
The court held that the district court properly removed the case to federal court based on federal question jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1441(b), allowing for the removal of pendent state claims.
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928 F.2d 775·
7th Cir.·
1991-03-26
·cited 14×
The court held that the Eleventh Amendment and Illinois law bar the plaintiff's tort claims against state university officials and the Board of Regents in federal court.
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868 F.2d 653·
4th Cir.·
1989-02-22
·cited 14×
The court held that the Virginia Plan's reimbursement procedures for Medicaid patients create an enforceable right under the Medicaid Act, actionable via § 1983, and that the Act's enforcement mechanisms do not foreclose this private judicial remedy.
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654 F.2d 838·
1st Cir.·
1981-07-13
·cited 14×
The court held that it had appellate jurisdiction to review the denial of a TRO, and granted an injunction pending appeal requiring the state to resume AFDC payments, finding a likelihood of success on the statutory claim.
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554 F.2d 1210·
1st Cir.·
1977-05-18
·cited 14×
The court held that it need not decide whether CRUV is a 'person' under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 because an injunction against its officers effectively binds CRUV.
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812 F.2d 383·
8th Cir.·
1987-02-18
·cited 13×
The court held that the punitive damages provision of CERCLA does not violate due process when interpreted to allow a challenge to an EPA order if the party has an objectively reasonable basis for believing the order is invalid or inapplicable.
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115 F.4th 1306·
11th Cir.·
2024-09-16
·cited 12×
Reverend Jarrard, a volunteer minister at Polk County Jail, sued jail officials after being excluded from the facility's volunteer ministry program, alleging violations of his First Amendment rights to free speech. The Eleventh Circuit reversed summary judgment in favor of the ja
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565 U.S. 606·
U.S.·
2012-02-22
·cited 12×
The Supreme Court vacated and remanded Ninth Circuit decisions that had enjoined California's Medicaid payment reductions on Supremacy Clause grounds. The Court held that after a federal agency (CMS) approved the challenged rate reductions as compliant with federal law, Medicaid
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924 F.2d 899·
9th Cir.·
1991-01-25
·cited 12×
Tribal officials are not immune from suit for prospective relief challenging the constitutionality of taxes, and the Tribes retain the sovereign power to tax Burlington Northern's on-reservation rights of way as they have a significant interest and receive benefits from the Tribe
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886 F.2d 247·
9th Cir.·
1989-09-22
·cited 12×
The court held that county sheriffs, sued in their official capacities, are proper defendants for prospective relief challenging the constitutionality of state postjudgment garnishment procedures, and the Monell "official policy" requirement does not apply to such claims.