ROBINSON v. GEORGIA DEPT. OF TRANSP.

No. 91-8731.

966 F.2d 637 (1992)

Hattie E. ROBINSON, Lamar Glover, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 20, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey O. Bramlett, Suzanne Forbis, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiffs-appellants.

George P. Shingler, William Grant Cromwell, Atlanta, Ga., for defendant-appellee.

Before TJOFLAT, Chief Judge, ANDERSON, Circuit Judge, and MORGAN, Senior Circuit Judge.


ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

I. INTRODUCTION

Appellants, Hattie E. Robinson and Lamar Glover (hereinafter referred to collectively as "appellants"), sought relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against appellee, the Georgia Department of Transportation ("Ga.DOT"), for inverse condemnation of property that was an ancestral cemetery. Ga.DOT moved to dismiss on the ground that appellants' suit was barred under the Eleventh Amendment. The district court granted the...

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