Supreme Court· 7/3/1978
Alabama v. Pugh
Citations
- 438 U.S. 781
- 98 S. Ct. 3057
- 57 L. Ed. 2d 1114
- 1978 U.S. LEXIS 136
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that where the State of Alabama has not consented to suit the Eleventh Amendment bars suits against the State and its agencies
- dismissing State of Alabama and Alabama from suit for 2 injunctive relief because “that suit against the State and its Board of Corrections is barred by the Eleventh Amendment, unless Alabama has consented to the filing of such a suit.”
- “suit against the State and its Board of Corrections is barred by the 21 Eleventh Amendment”
- Eleventh Amendment bars suits against states unless they have consented to suit or Congress has validly abrogated their immunity
- \the 'jurisdictional bar [of the Eleventh Amendment] applies regardless of the relief sought'\
- claim for prospective relief against a state agency barred by Eleventh Amendment
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Judges: Stevens, Brennan, Marshall
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- Patsy v. Board of Regents of Fla.Supreme Court· 1982-06-21· cited 1,854×
- Idaho v. Coeur D'Alene Tribe of IdahoSupreme Court· 1997-06-23· cited 1,372×
- Wisconsin Department of Corrections v. SchachtSupreme Court· 1998-06-25· cited 1,341×
- Webster Salasker Lucas v. Department of Corrections California Men's Colony-WestNinth Circuit· 1995-09-20· cited 1,321×
- Regents of the University of Michigan v. EwingSupreme Court· 1985-12-12· cited 1,052×
- Joseph Toussaint, Plaintiffs/appellees/cross-Appellants v. Daniel McCarthy Defendants/appellants/cross-AppelleesNinth Circuit· 1986-09-30· cited 960×
- Ramos v. LammTenth Circuit· 1980-09-25· cited 908×
- Bellamy v. BradleySixth Circuit· 1984-03-09· cited 838×
- Hess v. Port Authority Trans-Hudson CorporationSupreme Court· 1994-11-14· cited 723×
- Abick v. State Of MichiganSixth Circuit· 1986-10-23· cited 625×
- George Hamm v. Dekalb County, and Pat Jarvis, SheriffEleventh Circuit· 1985-11-04· cited 622×
- Isiah Carl Green v. Dan v. McKaskle Acting Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsFifth Circuit· 1986-05-05· cited 608×
- Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corp. v. FeeneySupreme Court· 1990-04-30· cited 578×
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