Clifton Richardson v. Southern University Sheila R. Evans Ericka Collins

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• holding that even when a plaintiff does not “name the State of Louisiana as a defendant ... [his] suit may nonetheless succumb to Eleventh Amendment immunity if the State is the real party in interest.”
• holding that universities may be arms of the state entitled to sovereign immunity
• stating that “[t]here can be no doubt” that a state university’s mission was “predominantly (if not primarily) aimed at addressing matters of statewide concern”
• finding that a university’s autonomy was limited when it was governed by a State-appointed board
• stating that state-law claim is barred when “the plaintiff's claim was against the State of Louisiana and not the named defendant acting in his individual capacity”
• stating that state-law claim is barred where “the plaintiff's claim was against the State of Louisiana and not the named defendant acting in his individSueael Ccaopzzaocity”

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