· 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
How courts have described this case
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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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