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· 3/6/2007

Clifton v. Georgia Merit System

Citations

  • 478 F. Supp. 2d 1356
  • 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 19351
  • 2007 WL 734186

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • disputing but applying the “catch-all” analysis to the phrase “services, programs, or activities”
  • disputing but applying the “catch-all” analysis to the phrase “services, programs, or activities”
  • disputing but applying the “catch-all” analysis to the phrase “services, programs, or activities”
  • “However significant this court’s concerns with allowing employment discrimination claims under Title II, though, it is bound by the prior precedent of this circuit.”
  • “Congress did not validly abrogate sovereign immunity with regard to state employment discrimination actions under Title II.”
  • “Although state officials literally are ‘persons,’ a suit against a state official in his or her official capacity is not a suit against the official but rather is a suit against the official’s office.”

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Judges: Pannell

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