Legal Opinion
Crum v. State of Alabama
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided December 29, 1999No. 98-6600PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:
The question presented in this appeal is whether Congress, validly abrogated the states’ Eleventh Amendment sovereign immunity from claims arising under the disparate impact provisions of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e, et seq. We answer in the affirmative.
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On March 24, 1994, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama consolidated several race discrim ination cases 1 brought by African-Americans against the State of Alabama, and several of its boards, departments, and agencies; 2 they also sued the…
2Cases cited40 opinions
- McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Larry Bonner v. City of Prichard, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1981
- Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by3 opinions
- In Re Employment Discrimination Litigation AlDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 2001
- Crum v. AlabamaDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 2001
- United States v. BoboDistrict Court, N.D. Alabama · 2004