Legal Opinion
Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management v. United States
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 8, 2002No. 00-2326, 01-1543PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
The State of Rhode Island brought suit in the district court seeking to enjoin certain federal administrative proceedings on the grounds that the proceedings infringed upon the state’s constitutionally protected sovereign interests. The district court enjoined the United States Department of Labor and three employees of a Rhode Island state agency from proceeding in an administrative adjudication of the employees’ claims that the state had retaliated against them in violation of federal law. The United States and individual employees now appeal the order entering the…
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