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George Koslow v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania D/B/A Department of Corrections Donald T. Vaughn Phico Services Company Compservices, Inc
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 21, 2002No. 01-2782PublishedCited by 248 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SCIRICA, Circuit Judge.
In this disability discrimination ease under the Rehabilitation Act, the principal issue on appeal is whether the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania waived its sovereign immunity by accepting certain federal funds for the Department of Corrections. We will reverse in part and affirm in part.
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In October 1988, George Koslow was hired by the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections as a water treatment plant supervisor for the State Correctional Institute in Graterford, Pennsylvania (“SCI-Graterford”), a state prison receiving federal funds under the State…
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