Legal Opinion
Meyers ex rel. Benzing v. Texas
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 19, 2005No. 02-50452PublishedCited by 158 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DENNIS, Circuit Judge:
The named plaintiffs1 originally brought this civil rights class action in Texas state court under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), 42 U.S.C. § 12101, et seq., against defendants, the State of Texas, the Texas Department of Transportation, and William Burnett (“defendants” or “Texas”). Texas removed the case to federal district court. The federal district court remanded the case to the Texas district court. Texas filed a motion in the state district court to dismiss on grounds of state sovereign immunity. That motion was denied by the state…
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