Josiah L. Hoohuli v. George Ariyoshi
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
SKOPIL, Circuit Judge:
The district court dismissed plaintiffs’ complaint 1 for lack of jurisdiction on the ground that the eleventh amendment barred the relief requested. In ruling on a motion for reconsideration, the court alternatively held that principles of qualified immunity shielded the defendants. We affirm in part and reverse in part.
FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS BELOW
Appellants are eleven residents 2 of the State of Hawaii and a tax-payers’ advocacy group known as the Tax Payers Union. They brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the fourteenth amendment to the United States…
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- Ex Parte YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
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