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· 6/18/1984

Jan M. Tuveson v. Florida Governor's Council on Indian Affairs, Inc., a Florida Corporation and an Agency of the State of Florida

Citations

  • 734 F.2d 730
  • 1984 U.S. App. LEXIS 21448
  • 34 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 34,453
  • 35 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 264

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • stating that the \most important factor\ in evaluating whether an entity is entitled to sovereign immunity \is how the entity has been treated by the state courts.\
  • suggesting that state courts' characterization of entity is most important criterion
  • suggesting that state courts’ characterization of entity is most important criterion
  • stating that the “most important factor” in evaluating whether an entity is entitled to sovereign immunity “is how the entity has been treated by the state courts.”
  • stating that most important factor is how entity treated by state courts
  • providing four-factor test for determining whether a particular entity is entitled to immunity under the Eleventh Amendment

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Judges: Roney, Henderson, Dyer

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