Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Atascadero State Hospital v. Scanlon

473 U.S. 926

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1985-08-28
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • A State does not waive its Eleventh Amendment immunity from suit in federal court by waiving its immunity from suit in state court.
  • “We require an unequivocal indication that the State intends to consent to federal jurisdiction that otherwise would be barred by the Eleventh Amendment.”
  • under the Supremacy Clause, a federal agency acting within the scop 22 its congressionally delegated authority has the power to preempt state regulation a render unenforceable state laws
  • waivers of Eleventh Amendment immunity fall subject to the most stringent examinations
  • computer software and central processing units

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473 U.S. 926

ATASCADERO STATE HOSPITAL ET AL.
v.
SCANLON

No. 84-351.

Supreme Court of United States.

August 28, 1985.

1

Ante, p. 234.