Legal Opinion
Versiglio v. BOARD OF DENTAL EXAMINERS OF ALABAMA
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 26, 2011No. 10-14282PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUBINA, Chief Judge:
Appellant Board of Dental Examiners of Alabama (the “Board”) appeals the district court’s judgment denying it sovereign immunity protection as an arm of the state of Alabama. Appellee Natalie Versiglio contends that the Board is sufficiently independent from the state of Alabama, that it is not entitled to Eleventh Amendment immunity, and that her claim under the Fair Labor Standards Act should be allowed to continue. The Supreme Court in Alden v. Maine settled the matter of state employees suing under the FLSA, writing, “We hold that the powers delegated to Congress under…
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