George Koslow v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania D/B/A Department of Corrections Donald T. Vaughn Phico Services Company Compservices, Inc

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• recognizing that Congress may abrogate a state’s Eleventh Amendment immunity through its power to enforce the Fourteenth Amendment
• holding that the Rehabilitation Act contains an “ordinary quid pro quo that the Supreme Court has repeatedly approved”
• holding that “if a state accepts federal funds for a specific department or agency, it voluntarily waives sovereign immunity for Rehabilitation Act claims against the department or agency.”
• finding that waiver of immunity from section 504 claims advances federal interest in eliminating disability discrimination from federally funded departments or agencies
• finding that federal financial assistance under the State Criminal Alien Assistance Act was a Congressional gift or gratuity triggering a waiver of Pennsylvania's Eleventh Amendment immunity
• holding that the state’s decision to waive all federal assistance to the Department of Corrections, while it would “no doubt” result in “fiscal hardship,” is a free choice that does not rise to the level of an unconstitutionally coercive condition

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