· 9/30/2015
Nigen Biotech, L.L.C. v. Ken Paxton
Citations
- 804 F.3d 389
- 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 17223
- 2015 WL 5749618
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- recognizing that the Eleventh Amendment bars claims for retrospective monetary damages as such claims “seek to impose a liability which must be paid from public fund in the state treasury.”
- finding ongoing violation where attorney general’s “continued refusal” to justify past actions infringed on the plaintiff’s First Amendment rights
- to satisfy Young, complaint “must allege that the defendant is violating federal law, not simply that the defendant has done so”
- “[A] complaint must allege that the defendant is violating federal law, not simply that the defendant has done so.”
- “Federal courts may analyze arguments that question our jurisdiction in any order.”
- noting “threatening letters” from the Texas Attorney General
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Judges: Davis, Jones, Clement
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