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COLEMAN v. COURT OF APPEALS OF MARYLAND

No. 10-1016.

132 S.Ct. 1327 (2012)

182 L.Ed.2d 296

Daniel COLEMAN, Petitioner v. COURT OF APPEALS OF MARYLAND et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 20, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael L. Foreman, State College, PA, for Petitioner.

John B. Howard, Jr., Baltimore, MD, for Respondents.

Michael L. Foreman, Counsel of Record, The Pennsylvania State University, Dickinson School of Law, Civil Rights Appellate Clinic, State College, PA, Edward Smith, Jr., Law Office of Edward Smith, Baltimore, MD, for Petitioner.

Douglas F. Gansler, Attorney General of Maryland, John B. Howard, Jr., Counsel of Record, Deputy Attorney General, William F. Brockman, Acting Solicitor General, Baltimore, MD, for Respondents.

Justice KENNEDY announced the judgment of the Court and delivered an opinion, in which THE CHIEF JUSTICE, Justice THOMAS, and Justice ALITO joined.

The question in this case is whether a state employee is allowed to recover damages from the state entity that employs him by invoking one of the provisions of a federal statute that, in express terms, seeks to abrogate the States' immunity from suits for damages. The statute...

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