Legal Opinion
Sturdevant v. Paulsen
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided July 10, 2000No. 99-1276PublishedCited by 107 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUCERO, Circuit Judge.
This interlocutory appeal of the district court’s denial of Eleventh Amendment immunity presents the legal issue of whether the Colorado State Board for Community Colleges and Occupational Education (“the Board”) is an “arm of the state” for purposes of the Eleventh Amendment. Resolution of this issue requires an inquiry into the financial relationships between the state and the Board, as well as the Board’s degree of autonomy, but fundamentally comes down to the following question: Is the Board more like a political subdivision such as a local school district, or is it…
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