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· 12/17/1984

Emerson Emory v. Texas State Board of Medical Examiners

Citations

  • 748 F.2d 1023
  • 1984 U.S. App. LEXIS 15856

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that Texas State Board of Medical Examiners is a state agency and all claims against it were barred under the Eleventh Amendment
  • finding that physician’s Section 1983 claims against TMB were barred by Eleventh Amendment
  • affirming an order denying a motion for leave to amend to add additional defendants for futility when the same defect applied to the additional defendants
  • “[T]o the extent any damage recovery would necessarily come from the state treasury, monetary relief against state agency officials is also precluded by the eleventh amendment.”

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Judges: Gee, Johnson, Davis

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