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· 10/5/1999

Porche v. St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office

Citations

  • 67 F. Supp. 2d 631
  • 1999 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 20359
  • 1999 WL 803400

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  • applying six-factor test and concluding that “a sheriff in Louisiana may not be properly characterized as an arm of the state and, therefore, the Eleventh Amendment affords a sheriff in Louisiana no protection against being sued.”

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Judges: Lemmon

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