Eastern Connecticut Health Services, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board

How later courts describe this case

• “The vast majority of cases considering the issue have found state universities to be forfended by the Eleventh Amendment.”
• “[While] [t]here are district court opinions to the contrary[,] ... it would be an usual state university that would not receive immunity.”
• “Although state universities have consistently been found to be entitled to immunity, courts reexamine the issue with regard to the facts of each case ‘because the states have adopted different schemes ... in constituting their institutions of higher learning.’ ”
• Patent Examiner is presumed to be “an expert in [the] field”