Legal Opinion
Montana v. Peretti
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 16, 1981No. 79-7171PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Per curiam
The State of Montana appeals from a judgment that it violated the due process rights of students at a state institution when it terminated the program in which they were enrolled without giving them a chance to finish their course of study. Because we find that the eleventh amendment precluded district court jurisdiction over this suit against the state, we reverse.
I. Facts
In 1976, appellees (students) enrolled in the Aviation Technology Program offered at the Missoula Technical Center, one of five vocational-technical centers operated by the State of Montana. The program was designed and…
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3Cited by16 opinions
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