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Lapides v. Board of Regents of the Univ. System of Georgia

15 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S227 (Fla. May 17, 2002)

The Georgia Board of Regents removed a case to Federal District Court and then sought dismissal under the Eleventh Amendment immunities for federal cases. If the case had remained in the State court, then the defendant State would have waived its sovereign immunity defense. The Supreme Court ruled that a State

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