Michael Joseph v. Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System

How courts have described this case

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• explaining that “state officials in their official capacities are also immune from suit under the Eleventh Amendment”
• “The Court has been clear, however, that Monell’s holding applies only to municipalities and not states or states’ departments.”
• “The [Supreme] Court has been clear, however, that Monell’s holding applies only to municipalities and not states or states’ departments.”
• “The [Wisconsin Board of Regents] is an ‘arm of the state’ for Eleventh Amendment purposes.”
• “The Supreme Court has expressly held that Congress has not abrogated the states' immunity in [Section] 1983 suits.”
• “Monell’s holding applies only to municipalities and not states or states’ departments.” (citations omitted)

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