Belch v. Board of Regents of the University System

ORDER

FITZPATRICK, Chief Judge.

This suit involves claims under both the Equal Pay Act, 29 U.S.C. § 206, and Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e, et seq. Before this Court is a Motion by Defendant to Dismiss Plaintiff’s Equal Pay Act claims based on Eleventh Amendment immunity. 1 The primary issue in this case is whether Congress successfully abrogated the States’ Eleventh Amendment immunity when it enacted the Equal Pay Act. For the reasons given below, this Court concludes that it did, and Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss is therefore DENIED. 2

I. Background

The Eleventh…