Legal Opinion
Arizona Students' Ass'n v. Arizona Board of Regents
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 1, 2016No. 13-16639PublishedCited by 220 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PAEZ, Circuit Judge:
The Arizona Students’ Association (“ASA”) brought this First Amendment retaliation case against the Arizona Board of Regents (“ABOR” or “the Board”). The district court dismissed the ASA’s complaint without leave to amend, concluding that the ASA’s claims were barred by sovereign immunity, and in the alternative failed to state a claim upon which relief could be granted. Reviewing de novo, we conclude that the complaint states a plausible claim for First Amendment retaliation. See Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678, 129 S.Ct. 1937, 173 L.Ed.2d 868 (2009); O’Brien…
2Cases cited52 opinions
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- Perry v. SindermannSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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