· 3/30/2005
Joyce Takle v. University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics Authority
Citations
- 402 F.3d 768
- 16 Am. Disabilities Cas. (BNA) 993
- 2005 U.S. App. LEXIS 5066
- 1 Accom. Disabilities Dec. (CCH) 11
- 2005 WL 712373
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- observing that there will always be strings between state and entity created by the state and downplaying importance of state owning property used by entity
- noting that employees remained “state employees” but not counting this consideration significantly against autonomy where the structure was established only to permit employees to take part in retirement system
- noting that an entity would be immune if it “were financed by the state . . . so that any judgment against it would be paid out of state funds”
- referring to the fact that the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics Authority was subjected to Wisconsin’s open-meeting laws as “minor strings”
- considering effect of judgment on state treasury, nature of entity’s function, and treatment under state law
- describing the fact that an entity was subject to open-meeting laws as a “really minor string[]” of state control
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Judges: Posner, Ripple, Rovner
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