No. 20-6455
Patricia A. Wade v. Trustees of Indiana University, et al.
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 11th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process employer-liability judicial-review monetary-damages sovereign-immunity standing state-sovereign-immunity takings
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity DueProcess
SocialSecurity DueProcess
Latest Conference:
2021-01-08
Question Presented (from Petition)
Unlike employees of local governments and private entities, employees of state entities are excluded
from recovering monetary relief when injured by their employers. State employers escape
accountability for their unconstitutional behavior by invoking the doctrine of state sovereign immunity.
I. Which parts of the constitution (if any) justify the doctrine of state sovereign immunity?
II. Which parts of the constitution are at odds with the doctrine of state sovereign immunity?
III. What should be the fate of state sovereign immunity?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Which parts of the constitution (if any) justify the doctrine of state sovereign immunity?
Docket Entries
2021-01-11
Petition DENIED.
2020-12-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
2020-12-08
Waiver of right of respondent Trustees of Indiana University, et al. to respond filed.
2020-11-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 28, 2020)
Attorneys
Patricia A. Wade
Patricia Ann Wade — Petitioner
Trustees of Indiana University, et al.
James R. A. Dawson — Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, Respondent