Doyle J. Williams v. State of Missouri

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• noting that Congress did not abrogate such immunity when enacting 42 U.S.C. § 1983
• reversing district court’s denial of the state’s motion to dismiss on immunity grounds, because “Congress did not abrogate the states’ Eleventh Amendment immunity by enacting 42 U.S.C. § 1983”
• Congress did not abrogate the states’ Eleventh Amendment immunity by enacting 42 U.S.C. § 1983
• Congress did not abrogate the states’ Eleventh Amendment immunity by enacting 42 U.S.C. § 1983
• Congress did not abrogate the states’ Eleventh Amendment immunity by enacting 42 U.S.C. § 1983
• “The Eleventh Amendment bars suits against a State by citizens of that same State in federal court.” (citing Papasan v. Allain, 478 U.S. 265, 276 (1986))

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