· 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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