Van Horn v. Keefer

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that Illinois’ failure to pay interest on presumed abandoned property in its unclaimed property fund violated the takings clause and concluding a claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 survived
• explaining that suing state officials in their official capacity is really a suit against the state and that “§ 1983 does not create a claim against a state for damages.”
• reversing prior decisions of United States Court of Appeals for Seventh Circuit as \no longer authoritative to the extent they deem Williamson County jurisdictional\
• explaining lawsuit against Treasurer Frerichs in his official capacity was really one against Illinois
• “[A] lawsuit against the Treasurer in his official capacity is really one against Illinois, and a state is not a ‘person’ suable under § 1983.”
• “A state may charge a bookkeeping fee.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).