United States Supreme Court
Coleman v. Court of Appeals of Maryland, 10-1016
In a suit alleging that a state employer violated the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 USC section 2612(a)(1)(D), by denying the plaintiff self-care leave, dismissal is affirmed, with four justices holding that suits against states under the self-care provision are barred by sovereign immunity, where the sex-based discrimination that supports allowing section 2612(a)(1)(C) suits against states--for denying leave for the care of a spouse, son, daughter, or parent with a serious medical condition--is absent with respect to the self-care provision.
Appellate Information
- Decided 03/20/2012
- Published 03/20/2012
Judges
- Kennedy
Court
- United States Supreme Court