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Pennhurst State Sch. Vs. Halderman

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jan 23, 1984

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  11. U.S. 89 (1984) U.S. Supreme Court Pennhurst State Sch. v. Halderman
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  12. U.S. 89 (1984) Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman
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  13. of a state official's action is not one against the State. Pp. 465 U. S. 97 -103. (b) In Edelman v. Jordan
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  14. will not suffice to override the sovereign immunity of the State where the relief effectively is against it. Larson v. Domestic
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  15. Hospital, a Pennsylvania institution for the care of the mentally retarded. See Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman
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  16. relief were sought. In 1977, following a lengthy trial, the District Court rendered its decision. Halderman v. Pennhurst
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  17. The Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed most of the District Court's judgment. Halderman v. Pennhurst
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  18. did not create any substantive rights. Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman
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  19. and concluded that the same result obtained with respect to a pendent state law claim. It reasoned that, because Siler v. Louisville
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  20. original jurisdiction over a suit brought by a citizen of South Carolina against the State of Georgia. Chisholm v. Georgia
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  21. Monaco v. Mississippi
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  22. that the fundamental principle of sovereign immunity limits the grant of judicial authority in Art. III. Thus, in Hans v. Louisiana
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  23. Id. at 134 U. S. 15 . See Monaco v. Mississippi
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  24. and the Court consistently has held that a State may consent to suit against it in federal court. See, e.g., Clark v. Barnard
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  25. S. 447 (1883). We have insisted, however, that the State's consent be unequivocally expressed. See, e.g., Edelman v. Jordan
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  26. to the rights protected by the Fourteenth Amendment to abrogate the Eleventh Amendment immunity, see Fitzpatrick v. Bitzer
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  27. Employees v. Missouri
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  28. the defendant is proscribed by the Eleventh Amendment. See, e.g., Florida Dept. of Health and Rehabilitative Services v. Florida
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  29. per curiam). This jurisdictional bar applies regardless of the nature of the relief sought. See, e.g., Missouri v. Fiske
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  30. Ford Motor Co. v. Department
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  31. that is in fact a suit against a State is barred regardless of whether it seeks damages or injunctive relief. See Cory v. White
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  32. has survived, the theory of Young has not been provided an expansive interpretation. Thus, in Edelman v. Jordan
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  33. First, they contend that, under the doctrine of Edelman v. Jordan
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  34. of this Court awarding relief against state officials on the basis of a pendent state law claim. See, e.g., Siler v. Louisville
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  35. state law claim is not barred by the Eleventh Amendment because it seeks only prospective relief as defined in Edelman v. Jordan
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  36. constitutes state action under the Fourteenth Amendment, but not the Eleventh Amendment. Florida Dept. of State v. Treasure
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  37. that the Young doctrine rests on the need to promote the vindication of federal rights. See, e.g., Quern v. Jordan
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  38. Georgia Railroad & Banking Co. v. Redwine
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  39. of federal law must be accommodated to the constitutional immunity of the States. This is the significance of Edelman v. Jordan
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  40. Id. at 415 U. S. 665 (quoting Rothstein v. Wyman
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  41. Page 465 U. S. 112 of the dissent was advanced, this Court plainly and explicitly rejected it. In Larson v. Domestic
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  42. Post at 465 U. S. 164 , n. 48 (quoting Great Northern Life Insurance Co. v. Read
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  43. Frankfurter, J., dissenting)). This argument has not been adopted by this Court. See Great Northern Life Insurance Co. v. Read
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  44. adjudicate other related claims over which the court otherwise would not have jurisdiction. See, e.g., Mine Workers v. Gibbs
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  45. Osborn v. Bank
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  46. Ashwander v. TVA
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  47. whether that doctrine has a different scope when applied to suits against the State. This is illustrated by Greene v. Louisville
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  48. U. S. 508 . The case then was decided solely on state law grounds. Accord, Louisville & Nashville R. Co. v. Greene
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  49. barred from awarding damages against the state treasury even though the claim arises under the Constitution. See Quern v. Jordan
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  50. against a State, the Eleventh Amendment bars a federal court from granting any relief on that claim. See Alabama v. Pugh
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