Legal Opinion
State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition v. Rowland
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 10, 2007No. Docket 06-0616-cvPublishedCited by 239 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge:
The question presented in this interlocutory appeal is whether absolute legislative immunity and Eleventh Amendment sovereign immunity should bar plaintiffs’ claims arising from the allegedly unlawful termination of their state employment by executive branch officials of the State of Connecticut. In particular, we consider arguments by defendants John G. Rowland (“Rowland”), former Governor of the State of Connecticut, and Mark S. Ryan (“Ryan”), former Secretary of the Office of Policy & Management of the State of Connecticut (“OPM”) (collectively,…
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