Legal Opinion
Lizzi v. Alexander
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 20, 2001No. 00-2103, 00-2104, 00-2126PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded by published opinion. Chief Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge LUTTIG and Judge GREGORY joined.
OPINION
WILKINSON, Chief Judge:
In this case, we must decide whether the Eleventh Amendment shields the Washington Metropolitan Area Ti-ansit Authority (WMATA), an agency created by interstate compact, from plaintiff Christopher Lizzi’s assertions that the agency violated the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 2601 et seq. (1994). We also must decide the related question of whether sovereign immunity bars Lizzi’s allegation…
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