United States Fifth Circuit

Equal Employment Opportunity Comm'n v. Bd. of Regents for the Univ. of Louisiana Sys., 08-30327

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In a suit alleging violations of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, denial of defendant's motion to dismiss on Eleventh Amendment grounds is affirmed where the Eleventh Amendment does not shield a state from suit brought by a federal government agency to enforce a federal law, and the federal agency may seek make-whole relief on behalf of a private individual.

Appellate Information

Decided 02/09/2009
Published 02/10/2009

Judges

EDITH BROWN CLEMENT, Circuit Judge:, Before KING, BENAVIDES and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

Court

United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

For Appellant:
Julie Loraine Gantz, Washington, DC, for E.E.O.C.

For Appellees:
Linda L. Clark, DeCuir, Clark & Adams, LLP, Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendant-Appellant.