Legal Opinion
Doe v. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 15, 1997No. 93-16792PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHOY, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-Appellant Dr. John Doe (“Doe”) appealed the district court’s dismissal of two claims: the first a breach of contract claim against the University of California (“University”), as manager of the Lawrence Liver-more National Laboratory (“Laboratory”); the second a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim against John Nuckolls (“Nuckolls”), in his official capacity as Director of the Laboratory.
We AFFIRM the district court’s dismissal of the breach of contract claim against the University because it has Eleventh Amendment immunity as decided by the Supreme Court in Regents of the…
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