Legal Opinion
Robinson v. Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided June 30, 1993No. Civ. A. 92-7273PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
LUDWIG, District Judge.
Defendants Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County and Philadelphia Municipal Court move for summary judgment on the ground that they are state entities entitled to Eleventh Amendment immunity. 1 Jurisdiction is federal question. 28 U.S.C. § 1331.
In February, 1988 plaintiff Carl Steven Robinson began working for the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County and the Philadelphia Municipal Court in their Pretrial Services Division. 2 The complaint alleges that he was discharged in June, 1992 for lodging a complaint with a city agency concerning an…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. HaldermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. DoyleSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Edelman v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Quern v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Callahan v. City Of PhiladelphiaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2000
- Reiff v. Philadelphia County Court of Common PleasDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1993
- Hawley v. NelsonDistrict Court, E.D. Missouri · 1997
- Carter v. City of PhiladelphiaDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1998
- Cuffeld v. Supreme Court of PennsylvaniaDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1996
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