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Atascadero State Hospital v. Scanlon

473 U.S. 234 (1985)
JurisdictionUnited States
Year1985
Statusunclear

Key Principle

Doctrinal subject: congress ' power to abrogate the Eleventh Amendment sovereign immunity of the states

Area of Law

Constitutional / Public Law

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