Fredericksburg Auto Auction, Inc. v. Commonwealth, Division of Motor Vehicles

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a suit for declaratory relief against judges in their official capacity “is actionable only to the extent it seeks prospective relief”
• concluding that the Norwalk Municipal Court was entitled to sovereign immunity even though its municipal corporation would pay the judgment
• holding that a suit for declaratory relief against judges in their official capacity “is actionable only to the extent it seeks prospective relief.”
• concluding that plaintiff’s declaratory judgment claim was “actionable only to the extent it [sought] prospective relief”
• recognizing that declaratory relief under § 1983 may be available against judicial officers
• concluding that a district court “properly dismissed plaintiffs’ claim [against a judicial officer] seeking injunctive relief, because the plain language of § 1983 allows suits for injunctions only after a litigant has sought a declaratory judgment”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).