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Kimel v. Florida Board of Regents, 528 U.S. 62 (2000), was a US Supreme Court case that determined that the US Congress's enforcement powers under the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution did not extend to the abrogation of state sovereign immunity under the Eleventh Amendment over complaints of discrimination that is rationally based on age.
In law, ex parte (/ ɛ k s ˈ p ɑːr t eɪ,-iː /) is a Latin term meaning literally "from/out of the party/faction [1] of" (name of party/faction, often omitted), thus signifying "on behalf of (name)". An ex parte decision is one decided by a judge without requiring all of the parties to the dispute to be present.
When the state refused, the Tribe filed suit, [32] as allowed by the statute, against both the state of Florida and the governor, Lawton Chiles. The District Court declined to dismiss the case, [ 33 ] but the Eleventh Circuit reversed, [ 34 ] holding that the Eleventh Amendment barred the suit, and that the doctrine of Ex parte Young could not ...
In Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada, Registrar of the University of Missouri, 305 U.S. 337 (1938), the Supreme Court held that states that provided a law school to white students had to provide similar in-state education to blacks as well. States could satisfy this requirement by allowing blacks and whites to attend the same school or by ...
Ex parte Young, 209 U.S. 123 (1908) When state officers are charged with violating federal law, they cannot set up the state's federal constitutional sovereign immunity to defeat suits for prospective relief. Hammer v. Dagenhart, 247 U.S. 251 (1918) Congress has no power under the Commerce Clause to regulate labor conditions. (Overruled by ...
The Florida Territorial Court of Appeals was a court system during the time of the Florida Territory. Samuel J. Douglas served on it. Supreme Court rulings limiting the power of Article I and Article IV tribunals
Moody and Paxton were challenges to two state statutes – enacted in Florida and Texas, respectively – that sought to limit this moderation. In July 2024, the justices vacated the lower-court decisions in both cases due to both courts failing to perform a full First Amendment assessment of the laws, and remanded them for further consideration.
In law, inter partes (Law Latin for 'between the parties' [1]) is a legal term that can be distinguished from in rem, which refers to a legal action whose jurisdiction is based on the control of property, or ex parte, which refers to a legal action that is by a single party.