· 12/22/2003
Espinal-Dominguez v. Commonwealth of PR
Citations
- 352 F.3d 490
- 2003 WL 22973380
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- discussing aspects of Title VII and the Eleventh Amendment as to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
- discussing aspects of Title VII and the Eleventh Amendment as to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
- adding, as a fourth requirement, that the order involve an “important and unsettled question of controlling law, not merely a question of the proper exercise of the trial court’s discretion”
- describing the scope of appellate jurisdiction from non-final district court orders
- federal courts have “an unflagging obligation to notice jurisdictional defects” and pursue them at any time
- \This provision has been authoritatively interpreted to safeguard States from suits brought in federal court by their own citizens as well as by citizens of other States.\
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Judges: Selya, Coffin, Howard
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