United States First Circuit

District court properly enjoined the US Department of Labor and three state employees from proceeding in administrative adjudication of the employees' claims that the state of Rhode Island had retaliated against them in violation of federal law, on the grounds that the proceedings infringed upon the state's constitutionally protected sovereign interests.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/08/2002
• Published 04/08/2002

Judges

• TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge., Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Mark B. Stern, with whom Stuart E. Schiffer, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Margaret E. Curran, United States Attorney, and Alisa B. Klein, were on brief for the United States appellants., Daniel P. Meyer, with whom Joel D. Landry, Sr., were on brief for appellants Migliore, Raddatz and Taylor., Jonathan M. Gutoff, was on brief as amicus curiae, American Civil Liberties Union, Rhode Island Affiliate.


• For Appellees:
  
• James R. Lee, Assistant Attorney General, with whom Sheldon Whitehouse, Attorney General, and Deborah A. George, Senior Legal Counsel, were on brief for appellees.