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· 9/26/2018

State of Iowa v. Jose Felipe Pena

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  • concluding second factor favors finding immunity because plaintiff failed to satisfy burden of showing that entity would be responsible for judgment and debt, not the state
  • concluding second factor favors finding immunity because plaintiff failed to satisfy burden of showing that entity would be responsible for judgment and debt, not the state
  • considering whether an entity can sue or be sued as a standalone fifth factor rather than as part of the autonomy analysis
  • employing the six Clark factors in determining that UTSW “is entitled to arm-of-the-state status”
  • “[P]ublic universities . . . . [and] health institutions of the UT System . . . . are entitled to sovereign immunity as arms of the state.”
  • “it is well settled that UTSMC is an arm of the state of Texas.”

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