Douglas Power v. Phillip M. Summers

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Three professors at Vincennes University, a public university in Indiana, brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the president, other officials, and the trustees of the university, charging retaliation for the exercise of the plaintiffs’ First Amendment right of free speech and seeking both injunctive relief and dam ages. The president is sued in both his official and individual capacity, the trustees only in their official capacity. A suit against a state official in his or her official capacity is a suit against the state, and so is barred by the Eleventh…