Legal Opinion
Laskaris v. Thornburgh
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided October 5, 1981No. 81-1453, 81-2539PublishedCited by 230 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.
The major question for decision in this appeal from the district court’s dismissal of appellant’s complaint is whether the eleventh amendment bars the district court from granting relief against certain state officials named as defendants.1 Laskaris, a former Labor Relations Coordinator for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, filed a complaint in the district court seeking declaratory, injunctive, and punitive relief. Premising his claim on 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985, he charged that *25his employment had been terminated by the Republican…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Scheuer v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Ex Parte YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. DoyleSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Edelman v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by230 opinions
- David R. Ruiz, United States of America, Intervenor-Appellee v. W. J. Estelle, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Lombardo v. Pennsylvania, Department of Public WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2008
- Lorenzo Sims v. Wexford Health Sources IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2015
- Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Company v. Public Utility Commission Of The Commonwealth Of PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1998
- Laskaris v. ThornburghCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1984
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