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8 Illinois opinions name it 2 courts 1999–2025 1 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Illinois courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
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Verizon Maryland Inc. v. Public Service Commission of Marylandgreen2 sentences2015See Verizon Maryland Inc. v. Public Service Comm’n, 535 U.S. 635, 645 (2002) (“In determining whether the doctrine of Ex parte Young avoids an Eleventh Amendment bar to suit, a court need only conduct a ‘straightforward inquiry into whether [the] complaint alleges an ongoing violation of federal law and seeks relief properly characterized as prospective.’ [Citation.]”). ¶ 113 Leetaru’s complaint fails to invoke the officer suit exception because it alleges only past wrongdoing by Guenther during stages one and two of the University’s investigation. 2015See Verizon Maryland Inc. v. Public Service Comm’n, 535 U.S. 635, 645 (2002) (“In determining whether the doctrine of Ex parte Young avoids an Eleventh Amendment bar to suit, a court need only conduct a ‘straightforward inquiry into whether [the] complaint alleges an ongoing violation of federal law and seeks relief properly characterized as prospective.’ [Citation.]”). ¶ 113 Leetaru’s complaint fails to invoke the officer suit exception because it alleges only past wrongdoing by Guenther during stages one and two of the University’s investigation. | 2 | 2 |
City of Chicago v. White Transp. Co.green2 sentences1999Co., 243 F. 358, 358-59 (7th Cir. 1917), cert, denied, 245 U.S. 660 , 62 L. 1999Co., 243 F. 358, 358-59 (7th Cir. 1917), cert, denied, 245 U.S. 660 , 62 L. | 2 | 2 |
Jacintoport Corp. v. Greater Baton Rouge Port Commissiongreen2 sentences1999See Jacintoport v. Greater Baton Rouge Port Comm’n, 762 F.2d 435, 438 (5th Cir. 1985) (“Although sometimes local governmental entities may be held to be an arm of the state and thereby enjoy the state’s Eleventh Amendment immunity [citation], independent local political subdivisions are not entitled to that immunity even though they exercise a ‘slice of state power’ ”); Central Rivers Towing, Inc. v. City of Beardstown, 750 F.2d 565 (7th Cir. 1985) (holding Illinois municipality liable under admiralty law); City of Chicago v. White Transp. 1999See Jacintoport v. Greater Baton Rouge Port Comm’n, 762 F.2d 435, 438 (5th Cir. 1985) (“Although sometimes local governmental entities may be held to be an arm of the state and thereby enjoy the state’s Eleventh Amendment immunity [citation], independent local political subdivisions are not entitled to that immunity even though they exercise a ‘slice of state power’ ”); Central Rivers Towing, Inc. v. City of Beardstown, 750 F.2d 565 (7th Cir. 1985) (holding Illinois municipality liable under admiralty law); City of Chicago v. White Transp. | 2 | 2 |
Pelican Marine Carriers, Inc. v. City of Tampagreen2 sentences1999Co., 243 F. 358, 358-59 (7th Cir.1917), cert. denied, 245 U.S. 660 , 38 S.Ct. 60 , 63 L.Ed. 535 (1917) (refusing to permit the City of Chicago to assert state-law immunity from tort liability in a maritime tort action arising from the alleged negligent operation of a city-owned vessel); Connone v. Transport Desgagnes, Inc., 976 F.Supp. 1111, 1113 (N.D.Ohio 1997) ("Courts in this jurisdiction have been no exception, adhering to the principle that claims of sovereign immunity born out of state law are no defense to a maritime tort action"); Pelican Marine Carriers, Inc. v. City of Tampa, 791 F.S 1999Co., 243 F. 358, 358-59 (7th Cir.1917), cert. denied, 245 U.S. 660 , 38 S.Ct. 60 , 63 L.Ed. 535 (1917) (refusing to permit the City of Chicago to assert state-law immunity from tort liability in a maritime tort action arising from the alleged negligent operation of a city-owned vessel); Connone v. Transport Desgagnes, Inc., 976 F.Supp. 1111, 1113 (N.D.Ohio 1997) ("Courts in this jurisdiction have been no exception, adhering to the principle that claims of sovereign immunity born out of state law are no defense to a maritime tort action"); Pelican Marine Carriers, Inc. v. City of Tampa, 791 F.S | 1 | 1 |
Connone v. Transport Desgagnes, Inc.green2 sentences1999Co., 243 F. 358, 358-59 (7th Cir.1917), cert. denied, 245 U.S. 660 , 38 S.Ct. 60 , 63 L.Ed. 535 (1917) (refusing to permit the City of Chicago to assert state-law immunity from tort liability in a maritime tort action arising from the alleged negligent operation of a city-owned vessel); Connone v. Transport Desgagnes, Inc., 976 F.Supp. 1111, 1113 (N.D.Ohio 1997) ("Courts in this jurisdiction have been no exception, adhering to the principle that claims of sovereign immunity born out of state law are no defense to a maritime tort action"); Pelican Marine Carriers, Inc. v. City of Tampa, 791 F.S 1999Co., 243 F. 358, 358-59 (7th Cir.1917), cert. denied, 245 U.S. 660 , 38 S.Ct. 60 , 63 L.Ed. 535 (1917) (refusing to permit the City of Chicago to assert state-law immunity from tort liability in a maritime tort action arising from the alleged negligent operation of a city-owned vessel); Connone v. Transport Desgagnes, Inc., 976 F.Supp. 1111, 1113 (N.D.Ohio 1997) ("Courts in this jurisdiction have been no exception, adhering to the principle that claims of sovereign immunity born out of state law are no defense to a maritime tort action"); Pelican Marine Carriers, Inc. v. City of Tampa, 791 F.S | 1 | 1 |
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| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Illinois. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
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Jorge Gomez v. Illinois State Board of Education and Ted Sanders, in His Official Capacity as Illinois State Superintendent of Education
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2 sentences2008The passage from Gomez cited by District 204 went on to include the 7th Circuit's holding, which was that "Congress intended to abrogate the states' Eleventh Amendment immunity to the extent such immunity would foreclose recovery under that act." Gomez, 811 F.2d at 1038 . 2008The passage from Gomez cited by District 204 went on to include the 7th Circuit's holding, which was that "Congress intended to abrogate the states' Eleventh Amendment immunity to the extent such immunity would foreclose recovery under that act." Gomez, 811 F.2d at 1038 . | 2 | 2008–2008 |
cluster 445501
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2 sentences1999See Jacintoport v. Greater Baton Rouge Port Comm’n, 762 F.2d 435, 438 (5th Cir. 1985) (“Although sometimes local governmental entities may be held to be an arm of the state and thereby enjoy the state’s Eleventh Amendment immunity [citation], independent local political subdivisions are not entitled to that immunity even though they exercise a ‘slice of state power’ ”); Central Rivers Towing, Inc. v. City of Beardstown, 750 F.2d 565 (7th Cir. 1985) (holding Illinois municipality liable under admiralty law); City of Chicago v. White Transp. 1999See Jacintoport v. Greater Baton Rouge Port Comm’n, 762 F.2d 435, 438 (5th Cir. 1985) (“Although sometimes local governmental entities may be held to be an arm of the state and thereby enjoy the state’s Eleventh Amendment immunity [citation], independent local political subdivisions are not entitled to that immunity even though they exercise a ‘slice of state power’ ”); Central Rivers Towing, Inc. v. City of Beardstown, 750 F.2d 565 (7th Cir. 1985) (holding Illinois municipality liable under admiralty law); City of Chicago v. White Transp. | 2 | 1999–1999 |
Hutto v. Finney
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2 sentences2025In addition, the Hutto Court noted a tradition in federal jurisprudence in awarding attorney fees as part of costs against states without regard to the states’ eleventh amendment immunity, a practice that “goes back to 1849.” Id. at 694-95 . 2025In contrast to Illinois’s prior constitutional and current - 22 - statutory sovereign immunity, the United States Supreme Court “has never viewed the Eleventh Amendment as barring [awards of attorney fees as part of costs], even in suits between States and individual litigants.” Id. at 695 . ¶ 74 The Hutto Court’s analysis with respect to the Civil Rights Attorney’s Fees Awards Act of 1976 has no bearing on the issue of the circuit court’s subject-matter jurisdiction under the State Lawsuit Immunity Act where, as we explained above, Illinois’s sovereign immunity jurisprudence does not include | 1 | 2025–2025 |
Principe Compania Naviera, SA v. Board of Com'rs of Port of New Orleans
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2 sentences1999Co., 243 F. 358, 358-59 (7th Cir.1917), cert. denied, 245 U.S. 660 , 38 S.Ct. 60 , 63 L.Ed. 535 (1917) (refusing to permit the City of Chicago to assert state-law immunity from tort liability in a maritime tort action arising from the alleged negligent operation of a city-owned vessel); Connone v. Transport Desgagnes, Inc., 976 F.Supp. 1111, 1113 (N.D.Ohio 1997) ("Courts in this jurisdiction have been no exception, adhering to the principle that claims of sovereign immunity born out of state law are no defense to a maritime tort action"); Pelican Marine Carriers, Inc. v. City of Tampa, 791 F.S 1999Co., 243 F. 358, 358-59 (7th Cir.1917), cert. denied, 245 U.S. 660 , 38 S.Ct. 60 , 63 L.Ed. 535 (1917) (refusing to permit the City of Chicago to assert state-law immunity from tort liability in a maritime tort action arising from the alleged negligent operation of a city-owned vessel); Connone v. Transport Desgagnes, Inc., 976 F.Supp. 1111, 1113 (N.D.Ohio 1997) ("Courts in this jurisdiction have been no exception, adhering to the principle that claims of sovereign immunity born out of state law are no defense to a maritime tort action"); Pelican Marine Carriers, Inc. v. City of Tampa, 791 F.S | 1 | 1999–1999 |
Edelman v. Jordan
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2 sentences1999Edelman, 415 U.S. at 669 , 94 S.Ct. at 1358 , 39 L.Ed.2d at 676 . 1999Edelman, 415 U.S. at 669 , 94 S.Ct. at 1358 , 39 L.Ed.2d at 676 . | 1 | 1999–1999 |
Moore v. Olsness
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2 sentences1999Co., 243 F. 358, 358-59 (7th Cir.1917), cert. denied, 245 U.S. 660 , 38 S.Ct. 60 , 63 L.Ed. 535 (1917) (refusing to permit the City of Chicago to assert state-law immunity from tort liability in a maritime tort action arising from the alleged negligent operation of a city-owned vessel); Connone v. Transport Desgagnes, Inc., 976 F.Supp. 1111, 1113 (N.D.Ohio 1997) ("Courts in this jurisdiction have been no exception, adhering to the principle that claims of sovereign immunity born out of state law are no defense to a maritime tort action"); Pelican Marine Carriers, Inc. v. City of Tampa, 791 F.S 1999Co., 243 F. 358, 358-59 (7th Cir.1917), cert. denied, 245 U.S. 660 , 38 S.Ct. 60 , 63 L.Ed. 535 (1917) (refusing to permit the City of Chicago to assert state-law immunity from tort liability in a maritime tort action arising from the alleged negligent operation of a city-owned vessel); Connone v. Transport Desgagnes, Inc., 976 F.Supp. 1111, 1113 (N.D.Ohio 1997) ("Courts in this jurisdiction have been no exception, adhering to the principle that claims of sovereign immunity born out of state law are no defense to a maritime tort action"); Pelican Marine Carriers, Inc. v. City of Tampa, 791 F.S | 1 | 1999–1999 |
Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.