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Administrative/Regulatory

Mar. 19, 2003

Recent Cases Highlight Issues Involving the 11th Amendment

Focus Column - Administrative Law - By Stuart Miller - The 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gives the states, as well as state agencies and officials, immunity from some forms of suit in federal court. The Supreme Court has given the amendment an interpretation quite different from its plain meaning, and many plaintiffs in civil rights cases have been surprised by motions to dismiss based on the various complex doctrines derived from it.

        Focus Column
        
        Administrative Law
        
        By Stuart Miller
        
        The 11th Amendment to th...

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