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Total Emtala Cases: 1

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

15 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. s277 (U.S. May 13, 2002)

2002-05-13

EMTALA

The Attorney General waived sovereign immunity when the jurisdiction of the federal courts was invoked by removal of the case from state court. By removal the state indicated its intent to submit to federal jurisdiction. It was irrelevant that the state argued the removal was motivated by intent to assert the defense of qualified immunity.

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