Legal Opinion
Skehan, Dr. Joseph T. v. State System of Higher Education
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 18, 1987No. 86-1531PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.
Dr. Joseph T. Skehan, formerly an unten-ured associate professor of economics, again seeks back pay from an agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania relating to an improper termination of his employment with Bloomsburg State College seventeen years ago. Skehan’s previous efforts to obtain this retrospective financial relief in the federal courts have been thwarted by the interposition of the eleventh amendment. 1 Unsuccessful in his back pay claims against Bloomsburg State College, he has now sued an instrumentality known as the Pennsylvania State…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. HaldermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Edelman v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Hans v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. HaldermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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3Cited by35 opinions
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