United States Third Circuit

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania waived its sovereign immunity to a Rehabilitation Act claim, by accepting funds from the Department of Corrections under the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/05/2002
• Decided 08/21/2002
• Published 08/21/2002

Judges

• Before:  SCIRICA and ROSENN, Circuit Judges, and WARD, District Judge .

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jeffrey Campolongo (Argued), Thomas M. Holland, Grace Hall, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellant., Seth M. Galanter (Argued), Sarah E. Harrington, United States Department of Justice, Appellate Section, Washington, D.C., for Intervenor-Appellant, United States of America.


• For Appellees:
  
• John G. Knorr, III (Argued), Office of Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Department of Justice, Harrisburg, PA, for Appellees, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania d/b/a Department of Corrections;  Donald T. Vaughn., Elizabeth A. Malloy (Argued), Klett, Rooney, Lieber & Schorling, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellee, PHICO Services Company., Howard R. Flaxman (Argued), Fox, Rothschild, O'Brien & Frankel, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellee, CompServices, Inc.