Estate of Ritter v. University of Michigan

BAILEY BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a grant of summary judgment for defendant Board of Regents of the University of Michigan and dismissal of plaintiffs case by the district court on the ground that the law upon which plaintiff relied did not create a right to monetary relief for which plaintiff sued. We conclude that, whether or not the disposition by the court on this ground was correct, under the eleventh amendment the federal district court had no jurisdiction. Accordingly, we vacate and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

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