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Supreme Court· 3/5/1979

Quern v. Jordan

Citations

  • 440 U.S. 332
  • 99 S. Ct. 1139
  • 59 L. Ed. 2d 358
  • 1979 U.S. LEXIS 67

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that 42 U. S. C. § 1983 does not override States' Eleventh Amendment immunity
  • holding that 42 U. S. C. § 1983 does not override States’ Eleventh Amendment immunity
  • holding that Section 1983 claims against states are not permitted absent the state’s consent
  • holding that, in enacting section 1983, Congress did not abrogate the states’ Eleventh Amendment immunity
  • holding that § 1983 does not abrogate state sovereign immunity in federal court
  • holding that § 1983 does not abrogate state sovereign immunity in federal court

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Judges: Rehnquist, Burger, Stewart, White, Blackmun, Powell, Stevens, Brennan, Marshall

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Cites

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