Legal Opinion
Yvonne Thomas v. St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners Mary Nelson Michael J. Quinn Susan Rollins Bartholomew Saracino Francis G. Slay, Mayor
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 18, 2006No. 05-2655PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.
The issue presented in this case is whether the St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners (St. Louis Board) is an “arm of the state” of Missouri for purposes of Eleventh Amendment immunity. The District Court answered the question affirmatively and dismissed the case for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. While we might be inclined to agree with the District Court were we writing on a blank slate, binding precedent directs that the St. Louis Board is not an arm of the state and thus not entitled to Eleventh Amendment immunity. Accordingly, we reverse.
Yvonne Thomas…
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