Legal Opinion

Guttman v. Khalsa

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided January 11, 2012No. 10-2167, 10-2172PublishedCited by 118 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judge.

The question presented in this appeal is whether the Eleventh Amendment protects New Mexico from a suit for money damages under Title II of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12131-65. We conclude it does. New Mexico has state sovereign immunity from a claim that it violated the ADA when it revoked the medical license of a physician whose practice the state claimed constituted an imminent danger to the public.

As a result, we find the district court did not err by dismissing the ADA claim of the appellant, Dr. Stuart Guttman, against the State of…

2Cases cited68 opinions

  1. Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  2. Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Pearson v. CallahanSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
  4. Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  5. Ex Parte YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1908

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3Cited by118 opinions

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