Legal Opinion
Reickenbacker v. Foster
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 26, 2001No. 00-31121PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
We are asked to decide whether Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and § 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 validly abrogate Eleventh Amendment sovereign immunity. We hold that they do not, and that the state defendant here is entitled to sovereign immunity. We therefore reverse.
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