Legal Opinion
Elliott v. Hinds
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 11, 1986No. 85-1672PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff, Charles R. Elliott, appeals from the district court’s dismissal of the portions of his claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the defendant state officials, in their individual capacity, that were based on the Fourteenth Amendment and the dismissal of his pendant state action for defamation. The district court found that the defamation actions and the plaintiff’s request for “retroactive injunctive relief” were not cognizable because of the Eleventh Amendment. This appeal is another in what has become an increasingly long line of cases in which this circuit…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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3Cited by38 opinions
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