Legal Opinion
David D. Chittister v. Department of Community and Economic Development David Black Larry Segal
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 30, 2000No. 00-3140PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ALITO, Circuit Judge:
In this case, we must decide whether Congress validly abrogated the states’ Eleventh Amendment immunity when it enacted provisions of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (“FMLA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 2601-54, that require a broad class of employers, including states, to provide their employees with 12 weeks of leave “[b]ecause of a serious health condition that makes the employee unable to perform the functions of the position of such employee” and that permit employees to sue in federal court for violations of the Act. We agree with the District Court…
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3Cited by68 opinions
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