Legal Opinion
Employees of Department of Public Health v. Department of Public Health
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 18, 1973No. 71-1021PublishedCited by 653 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Douglas
The Eleventh Amendment, adopted in 1795, and formally ratified in 1798, provides:
“The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by Citizens of another State, or by Citizens or Subjects of any Foreign State.”
The Eleventh Amendment is the basis of a motion by Missouri to dismiss a complaint filed by employees of state agencies of that State, the Department of Public Health and Welfare, and two of its divisions, the Division of Mental Disease and the Division of Health, and various…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Hans v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- United States v. DarbySupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Parden v. Terminal Railway of Alabama State Docks DepartmentSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- A. B. Kirschbaum Co. v. WallingSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Maryland v. WirtzSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by653 opinions
- Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. HaldermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Edelman v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Quern v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Seminole Tribe of Florida v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
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