Legal Opinion
Romco, Ltd. v. Outdoor Aluminum, Inc.
District Court, W.D. Wisconsin
Decided October 20, 1989No. 89-C-469-CPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
CRABB, Chief Judge.
This civil diversity action for monetary relief is before the court on the motion of defendant Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(1).
Defendant Board of Regents’ motion is grounded on the contention that it is an arm of the state and therefore entitled to share in the state’s Eleventh Amendment immunity. Plaintiff disagrees and argues that even if the board is an arm of the state for Eleventh Amendment purposes, the board waived its immunity and impliedly consented to…
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