Gabe Kaimowitz v. Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois and Its Institute of Communications Research

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• concluding that “a state university is an alter ego of the state”
• af- firming dismissal of § 1983 claim because board “is not a per- son within the meaning of § 1983 and therefore not subject to suits brought under § 1983”
• “Because 1] this Court has determined in previous § 1983 actions that a state university is an alter ego of the state, * * * it follows that a state university is not a person within the meaning of § 1983 and therefore not subject to suits brought under § 1983.”

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