No. 21-19
Christopher Sullivan v. Texas A&M University System
Response Waived
Tags: eleventh-amendment federal-funding federal-funds fifth-circuit human-rights-act sovereign-immunity state-entity state-immunity texas-commission-on-human-rights-act texas-labor-code-chapter-21 waiver-of-immunity
Key Terms:
Arbitration ERISA SocialSecurity
Arbitration ERISA SocialSecurity
Latest Conference:
2021-09-27
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether the Fifth Circuit correctly interpreted
that a State Entity who receives Federal funds waives
its Eleventh Amendment Immunity from the Texas
Commission on Human Rights Act ("TCHRA") of the
Texas Labor Code Chapter 21 relevant parts found in Pet App. 26
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Fifth Circuit correctly interpreted that a State Entity who receives Federal funds waives its Eleventh Amendment Immunity from the Texas Commission on Human Rights Act (TCHRA)
Docket Entries
2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-08-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-08-12
Waiver of right of respondent Texas A & M University System to respond filed.
2021-07-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 9, 2021)
Attorneys
Christopher Sullivan
Alfonso Kennard Jr. — Kennard Law P.C., Petitioner
Texas A & M University System