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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Board of Supervisors

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided February 9, 2009No. 08-30327PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EDITH BROWN CLEMENT, Circuit Judge:

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) brought this suit against the University of Louisiana at Monroe (“ULM”) 1 for alleged violations of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”). ULM moved to dismiss on Eleventh Amendment immunity grounds, and the district court denied the motion. ULM now brings this interlocutory appeal under the collateral order doctrine. For the following reasons, we affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

Dr. Van McGraw was formerly employed as a professor and dean at ULM— which, along with other public universities in…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Seminole Tribe of Florida v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
  2. Board of Trustees of Univ. of Ala. v. GarrettSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
  3. Alden v. MaineSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
  4. Kimel v. Florida Board of RegentsSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  5. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Waffle House, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 2002

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3Cited by10 opinions

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  3. United States v. Alabama Department of Mental Health & Mental RetardationCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2012
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  5. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Bass Pro Outdoor World, L.L.C.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2017

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