Charles D. Cronen v. Texas Department of Human Services, Jean Roberts, Ann Valdez-Haines, Donna L. Burns, Socorro Alonzo, and the State of Texas

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• holding that the Texas Department of Human Services is not a person under § 1983
• finding “that Congress intended to abrogate Eleventh Amendment immunity only for statutes that deal solely with discrimination by recipients of federal financial assistance” and thus dismissing § 1983 claim
• “[T]he source of the damages is irrelevant when the suit is against the state itself or a state agency”
• “Executive officials who must necessarily exercise discretion in the scope of their duties are granted qualified immunity from damage suits.”
• Texas Department of Human Services is not a person under § 1983
• Education for All Handicapped Children Act

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).