No. 21-1232

Paul C. Nordberg v. The Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement System

Lower Court: First Circuit
Docketed: 2022-03-10
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: 11th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law due-process hans-v-louisiana judicial-interpretation legal-precedent sovereign-immunity standing state-immunity
Latest Conference: 2022-05-12
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Should the clear and unambiguous words of the
11th Amendment to the United States
Constitution be the basis for judicial
determinations relating to that Amendment?

2. Should the reasoning relating to the meaning
of the 11th Amendment that is set forth in
Hans v. Louisiana : 10 S.Ct. 504 (1890) and
its progeny be explicitly rejected by the current
United States Supreme Court?

3. As a result, should the decisions of the United
States Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit in
Nordberg Massachusetts Teachers' -vRetirement System (Case No. 21-1006; United
States Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit),
dismissing this lawsuit as barred by the 11th
Amendment be vacated?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Should the 11th Amendment be the basis for judicial determinations

Docket Entries

2022-08-01
Rehearing DENIED.
2022-07-07
DISTRIBUTED.
2022-06-04
2022-05-16
Petition DENIED.
2022-04-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/12/2022.
2022-03-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 11, 2022)

Attorneys

Paul C. Nordberg
Paul C. Nordberg — Petitioner