Legal Opinion
Patteson v. Johnson
Nebraska Supreme Court
Decided May 3, 1985No. 84-876PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCaporale, J.
This court, pursuant to the provisions of Neb. Rev. Stat. § 24-219 (Cum. Supp. 1984), accepted two questions of law certified to it by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. In response thereto we reaffirm our earlier determination that Neb. Rev. Stat. § 20-148 (Reissue 1983) does not constitute a waiver-of sovereign immunity by the State of Nebraska for actions brought in federal court under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982). We also answer that our decision in Todd v. Board of Educational Lands and Funds, 154 Neb. 606, 48 N.W.2d 706 (1951), does not constitute a waiver of the State of…
2Cases cited34 opinions
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- Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. HaldermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Edelman v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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- Alabama v. PughSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- Patteson v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986
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