Legal Opinion
Brennan v. Stewart
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 7, 1988No. 86-2972PublishedCited by 132 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEE, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Tom Brennan, his application for a temporary training permit rejected by the Texas Board of Examiners in the Fitting and Dispensing of Hearing Aids be*1250cause of a visual handicap, sued the members of the Board in federal court, alleging that their actions violated his constitutional and statutory rights and requesting damages and other relief. The district court dismissed his claims as barred by the Eleventh Amendment and the qualified immunity of the members of the Board. We reject Mr. Brennan’s constitutional claims, but remand certain of his statutory claims for…
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