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· 12/14/2007

Peirick v. Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Athletics Department

Citations

  • 510 F.3d 681
  • 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 28900
  • 90 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 43,087
  • 102 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 353
  • 2007 WL 4355360

How courts have described this case

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

  • concluding that a plaintiff could not proceed against the Board of Trustees of Indiana University “even on her claims for prospective injunctive relief”
  • observing that the Athletics Department \is merely a division of the University that is not capable of being sued\
  • observing that the Athletics Department \is merely a division of the University that is not capable of being sued\
  • explaining that the analysis merges when the plaintiff argues that the employer is lying about elements required to establish prima facie case
  • indicating that the “Board of Trustees of the University of [ilinois are state agencies with Eleventh Amendment immunity”
  • cautioning that “[i]t is important not to lose sight of the ‘common sense’ aspect of this inquiry. It is not an unyielding, inflexible requirement that requires near one-to-one mapping between employees”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Flaum, Manion, Williams

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