Legal Opinion
Ussery v. Louisiana Ex Rel. Louisiana Department of Health & Hospitals
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 5, 1998No. 97-30545PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:
The appellant, the State of Louisiana, brings this interlocutory appeal challenging the district court’s denial of its motion for summary judgment, in which the State argued that the plaintiffs claims against it under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e, and the Equal Pay Act of 1963 (“EPA”), as amended, 29 U.S.C. § 206(d), were barred by the Eleventh Amendment. For the reasons set forth below, we AFFIRM.
Background
On November 17, 1995, Karen M. Ussery, a state employee at the Pinecrest Developmental Center, in Pineville, Louisiana,…
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