Heffez v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

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• transit authority which can, inter alia, sue and be sued, adopt and use a corporate seal, construct, own, operate, and sell real and personal property, and enter into and perform contracts lacks Eleventh Amendment immunity and is a state actor for purposes of 42 U.S.C. §1983

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