United States v. Georgia

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that Title II of ADA validly abrogates sovereign immunity with respect to state prisons
• holding that Title II of the ADA validly abrogates state sovereign immunity insofar as the lawsuit addresses conduct that actually violates the Fourteenth Amendment
• recognizing that Title II authorizes suits by private citizens for money damages against public entities that violate § 12132
• holding that Title II of the ADA validly abrogates State sovereign immunity for State conduct that actually violates the Fourteenth Amendment
• holding that Title II “validly abrogates state sovereign immunity” and authorizes suits against States, including complaints concerning conditions of confinement in state prisons
• holding that Title II of the ADA validly abrogates Eleventh Amendment immunity for states, and plaintiffs may seek monetary damages and prospective injunctive relief

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

210 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Pruitt v. Mote
  Seventh Circuit· 2007-10-03· cited 2,834×
• Mingus v. Butler
  Sixth Circuit· 2010-01-05· cited 671×
• Miller v. Donald
  Eleventh Circuit· 2008-08-29· cited 602×
• Jaros v. Illinois Department of Corrections
  Seventh Circuit· 2012-07-03· cited 561×
• Shelby County v. Holder
  Supreme Court· 2013-06-25· cited 335×
• Black v. North Panola School District
  Fifth Circuit· 2006-08-24· cited 328×
• Hale v. King
  Fifth Circuit· 2011-05-26· cited 323×
• Frame v. City of Arlington
  Fifth Circuit· 2011-09-15· cited 271×
• Bell v. Jendell
  S.D. New York· 2013-10-31· cited 259×
• Bowers v. National Collegiate Athletic Ass'n
  Third Circuit· 2007-02-01· cited 226×
• Mary Jo C. v. New York State and Local Retirement System et ano.
  Second Circuit· 2013-01-29· cited 217×
• April Cadena v. El Paso County
  Fifth Circuit· 2020-01-03· cited 208×
• Robert Furgess v. PA Dept of Corrections
  Third Circuit· 2019-08-08· cited 176×
• Guttman v. Khalsa
  Tenth Circuit· 2006-04-19· cited 175×
• Ernest Edgar Black Jeff Wigington
  Eleventh Circuit· 2016-01-22· cited 170×
• Dean v. University at Buffalo School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
  Second Circuit· 2015-10-06· cited 163×
• Tremayne Durham v. G. Kelley
  Third Circuit· 2023-09-19· cited 158×
• Hamilton v. Westchester Cnty.
  Second Circuit· 2021-06-30· cited 157×
• Bolmer v. Oliveira
  Second Circuit· 2010-02-08· cited 156×
• Toledo v. Sanchez-Rivera
  First Circuit· 2006-07-06· cited 136×

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Board of Trustees of Univ. of Ala. v. Garrett
  Supreme Court· 2001-02-21· cited 2,166×
• City of Boerne v. Flores
  Supreme Court· 1997-06-25· cited 1,926×
• Vitek v. Jones
  Supreme Court· 1980-03-25· cited 1,747×
• Fitzpatrick v. Bitzer
  Supreme Court· 1976-06-28· cited 1,679×
• Kimel v. Florida Board of Regents
  Supreme Court· 2000-01-12· cited 1,587×
• Pennsylvania Department of Corrections v. Yeskey
  Supreme Court· 1998-06-15· cited 1,374×
• Tennessee v. Lane
  Supreme Court· 2004-05-17· cited 1,007×
• Ex Parte Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1880-03-18· cited 907×
• Louisiana Ex Rel. Francis v. Resweber
  Supreme Court· 1947-02-10· cited 571×
• Nevada Department of Human Resources v. Hibbs
  Supreme Court· 2003-05-27· cited 510×
• Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board v. College Savings Bank
  Supreme Court· 1999-06-23· cited 436×
• Gregory May v. Michael F. Sheahan
  Seventh Circuit· 2000-09-08· cited 142×
• United States v. King
  Eleventh Circuit· 2004-09-14· cited 110×
• Nolley v. County of Erie
  W.D. New York· 1991-10-31· cited 34×
• Littlefield v. Deland
  Tenth Circuit· 1981-05-12· cited 13×

Other cases named United States v. Georgia

14 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• United States v. Georgia
  Eleventh Circuit· 1994-05-04· cited 12×
• United States v. Georgia
  N.D. Georgia· 2013-04-30· cited 4×
• United States v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 2005-05-16· cited 2×
• United States v. Georgia
  Eleventh Circuit· 2015-02-24· cited 2×
• United States v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-05· cited 2×
• United States v. Georgia
  N.D. Georgia· 2012-07-05· cited 1×
• United States v. Georgia
  Fifth Circuit· 1972-08-14· cited 1×
• United States v. Georgia
  M.D. Georgia· 1988-08-24· cited 1×
• United States v. Georgia
  M.D. Georgia· 1989-01-12· cited 1×
• United States v. Georgia
  Sixth Circuit· 2002-02-01
• United States v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 2005-05-16
• United States v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 2005-05-16
• United States v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 2005-10-11
• United States v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 2005-10-17