Legal Opinion

K.P. v. LeBlanc

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided November 23, 2010No. 09-31015PublishedCited by 147 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*119LESLIE H. SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judge:

Physicians enrolled in the Louisiana Patient’s Compensation Fund challenge the constitutionality of a state statute denying abortion providers the benefits of participation in the Fund. They seek to enjoin the Patient’s Compensation Fund Oversight Board from using that statute to prevent processing and paying of abortion-related claims. The district court determined that the members of this Board were entitled to Eleventh Amendment immunity because they lacked sufficient connection with the challenged statute. We disagree and therefore REVERSE and REMAND.

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2Cases cited19 opinions

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  5. Allen v. WrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1984

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3Cited by147 opinions

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