Civil rights plaintiff can’t proceed under §1981 
Published: September 12, 2012
Tags: civil rights, Eleventh Amendment, race discrimination, §1981, §1983
A civil rights plaintiff could not circumvent §1983’s two-year statute of limitations by suing for race discrimination under §1981, the 6th Circuit has ruled in affirming a dismissal.
State worker can’t assert ADA rights via §1983
Published: June 14, 2012
Tags: AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, Eleventh Amendment, §1983
A state worker who suffered from mental illness could not sue under §1983 in order to vindicate rights provided under the Americans with Disabilities Act, the 9th Circuit has ruled in affirming a dismissal.
State immune from FMLA claim for damages
Published: June 4, 2012
Tags: Coleman v. Court of Appeals of Maryland, Eleventh Amendment, Family and Medical Leave Act, sovereign immunity
A state employer was immune from a claim for damages under the self-care provision of the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Iowa Supreme Court has ruled in reversing a $165,000 jury verdict.
States immune from lawsuits over sick time, SCOTUS rules
Published: March 20, 2012
Tags: Eleventh Amendment, Family and Medical Leave Act, Supreme Court
A state employee who was denied leave for his own sickness cannot sue the state for violating the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Supreme Court has ruled in a 5-4 decision.
State liable for not reemploying Iraqi War vet
Published: March 20, 2012
Tags: Eleventh Amendment, sovereign immunity, Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act
Sovereign immunity did not protect a state agency that was sued by the federal government for failing to immediately reemploy a longtime employee after his service in the military ended, the 11th Circuit has ruled in affirming a $26,000 judgment.
State immune in ADA suit over medical licensing
Published: January 13, 2012
Tags: ADA, AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, civil rights, Eleventh Amendment, sovereign immunity
A state could not be sued for damages under the Americans with Disabilities Act by a doctor who claimed that his medical license had been wrongly revoked, the 10th Circuit has ruled in affirming a dismissal.
FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT
Published: June 27, 2011
Tags: Eleventh Amendment, Family and Medical Leave Act, FMLA, immunity
Did Congress validly abrogate the states’ Eleventh Amendment immunity when it passed the self-care leave provision of the Family and Medical Leave Act?
Justices to decide state immunity under FMLA
Published: June 27, 2011
Tags: Eleventh Amendment, Family and Medical Leave Act, FMLA, immunity
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether Congress validly abrogated the states’ Eleventh Amendment immunity when it passed the self-care leave provision of the Family and Medical Leave Act.
State med-mal board can be sued over abortion policy
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: November 29, 2010
Tags: abortion, Eleventh Amendment, immunity, medical malpractice
Members of a state medical malpractice compensation board can be sued for their failure to authorize coverage for abortion-related claims, the 5th Circuit has ruled in reversing a dismissal.
State court worker can’t sue for FMLA violations
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: November 11, 2010
Tags: Eleventh Amendment, FMLA, sovereign immunity
A former employee for a state court could not sue for alleged violations of federal medical leave law, the 4th Circuit has ruled in affirming judgment.
