Clay v. Virginia

How courts have described this case

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• holding that § 2000e-16 of Title VII applied to claim by white federal employee that he suffered racial discrimination in response to his representation of black fellow employee
• holding that a back pay award against the Board of Regents of Stephen F. Austin State University and its president, in his official capacity, was barred by the Eleventh Amendment
• unwavering custom of promoting in exact order of rank on promotion roster gave rise to entitlement
• unrestricted right to sue in \any court\ construed as waiver where status of university's financial relationship with state unclear
• suit permitted due to waiver explicit in University’s charter allowing suit “in any court of law or equity”
• unrestricted right to sue in “any court” construed as waiver where status of university’s financial relationship with state unclear

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