United States Ninth Circuit

In a suit against the State of Alaska brought by two discharged members of the Governor's Office, petition for review of a remand order of the EEOC is granted and the suit is ordered dismissed as it is barred by the Eleventh Amendment.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/08/2007
• Published 11/08/2007

Judges

• Before ALEX KOZINSKI, Chief Judge, MARY M. SCHROEDER, DIARMUID F. O'SCANNLAIN, SIDNEY R. THOMAS, BARRY G. SILVERMAN, KIM McLANE WARDLAW, MARSHA S. BERZON, RICHARD C. TALLMAN, CONSUELO M. CALLAHAN, MILAN D. SMITH, JR. and SANDRA S. IKUTA, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Brenda B. Page, Deputy State Attorney General for the State of Alaska, Anchorage, AK, for the petitioner., Lee Holen, Anchorage, AK, and Samuel R. Bagenstos, St. Louis, MO, for the intervenor.


• For Appellees:
  
• Nelson Cohen, United States Attorney, Anchorage, AK, Ronald Cooper, General Counsel, and Paul D. Ramshaw, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, DC, Marleigh D. Dover and Stephanie R. Marcus, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for the respondent, The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission., Marleigh D. Dover and Stephanie R. Marcus, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for the respondent, The United States.