Legal Opinion
Lapides v. Board of Regents of Univ. System of Ga.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 13, 2002No. 01-298PublishedCited by 1,427 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breyer
The Eleventh Amendment grants a State immunity from suit in federal court by citizens of other States, U. S. Const., Arndt. 11, and by its own citizens as well, Hans v. Louisiana, 134 U. S. 1 (1890). The question before us is whether the State’s act of removing a lawsuit from state court to federal court waives this immunity. We hold that it does.
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Paul Lapides, a professor employed by the Georgia state university system, brought this lawsuit in a Georgia state court. He sued respondents, the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia (hereinafter Georgia or State) and university…
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