United States Third Circuit
PENNSYLVANIA FED'N OF SPORTSMEN'S CLUBS, INC. v. HESS, 00-2139, 01-1683
The Eleventh Amendment bars suit in federal court for a state official's purported failure to implement, administer, enforce, and maintain a federally-approved state coal mining program.
Appellate Information
- Argued 04/08/2002
- Decided 07/24/2002
- Published 07/24/2002
Judges
- BARRY, Circuit Judge., BEFORE: McKEE, BARRY, and ALARCON, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Third Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Dennis Whitaker, (argued), Department of Environmental Protection, Harrisburg, PA, for appellant., Kurt J. Weist, (argued), PennFuture, Harrisburg, PA, for Pennsylvania Federation, et al., John T. Stahr, (argued), United States Department of Justice Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington, D.C., for Secretary of Interior, etc., et al.