Legal Opinion
Coleman v. Court of Appeals of Maryland
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 20, 2012No. 10-1016PublishedCited by 757 opinions
1Judgment of the CourtJustice Kennedy, joined by The Chief Justice, Justice Thomas, and Justice Alito
The question in this case is whether a state employee is allowed to recover damages from the state entity that employs him by invoking one of the provisions of a federal statute that, in express terms, seeks to abrogate the States’ immunity from suits for damages. The statute in question is the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, 107 Stat. 6, 29 U. S. C. § 2601 et seq. The provision at issue requires employers, including state employers, to grant unpaid leave for self care for a serious medical condition, provided other statutory requisites are met, particularly requirements that the total…
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