Myrle B. Cooper v. St. Cloud State University, a Minnesota State University

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• concluding that the State of Minnesota has not waived its Eleventh Amendment immunity to suit in federal court
• finding that the discriminatory act occurred when employee’s termination became inevitable, not on the date of termination itself
• finding that the discriminatory act occurred when employee’s termination became inevitable, not on the date of termination itself
• determining that the limitations period began when the plaintiff exhibited actual awareness of the employer’s termination decision
• the plaintiff had abundant forewarning of his termination, even if that termination was contingent upon his failure to obtain a Ph.D. within the time provided
• “The Eleventh Amendment bars federal court jurisdiction over state law claims against unconsenting states or state officials . . . . This constitutional bar applies with equal force to pendent state law claims.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).