Legal Opinion
Louisiana State Board of Education v. Edward Baker
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 11, 1964No. 21138_1PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
Six times in recent years the Attorney General of Louisiana has contended in a “school segregation” case that the Eleventh Amendment shields the State and its agencies from being sued without the consent of the State. Ex parte Young, 1908, 209 U.S. 123, 28 S.Ct. 441, 52 L.Ed. 714, is no stranger to the Attorney General of Louisiana, but he takes the stand that the Ex parte Young doctrine is limited to actions against individual public officials and does not apply to an action against a State agency. Again we reject this notion. We hold that the Eleventh Amendment…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Ex Parte YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Hans v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Larson v. Domestic and Foreign Commerce Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Edward R. Jagnandan v. William L. Giles, President, Mississippi State UniversityCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi, Inc., Plaintiffs v. Cliff Finch, Governor of the State of MississippiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Roth v. Board of Regents of State CollegesDistrict Court, W.D. Wisconsin · 1970
- Mobil Oil Corporation v. Claude Kelley, Director of the Department of Conservation, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Gouge v. Joint School District No. 1District Court, W.D. Wisconsin · 1970
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