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Fifth Circuit· 7/9/1996

Warnock v. Pecos County Texas

Citations

  • 88 F.3d 341
  • 1996 WL 382394

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that claims barred by the Eleventh Amendment may be dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and therefore must be dismissed without prejudice
  • explaining that “[b]ecause sovereign immunity deprives the court of jurisdiction, the claims barred by sovereign immunity can be dismissed only under Rule 12(b)(1) and not with prejudice”
  • holding sovereign-immunity- based dismissals are without prejudice
  • “Because sovereign immunity deprives the court of jurisdiction, the claims barred by sovereign immunity can be dismissed only under Rule 12(b)(1) and not with prejudice.”
  • “Because sovereign immunity deprives the court of jurisdiction, the claims barred by sovereign immunity can be dismissed only under Rule 12(b)(1) and not with prejudice.”
  • “Because sovereign immunity deprives the court of jurisdiction, the claims barred by sovereign immunity can be dismissed only under Rule 12(b)(1) and not with prejudice.”

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Judges: Politz, Goodwin, Duhé

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Cites

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