Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama v. Garrett

E403298

United States Supreme Court case landmark disability law case

Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama v. Garrett is a 2001 U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited Congress’s power to subject states to damages suits under the Americans with Disabilities Act by narrowing the scope of its enforcement authority under the Fourteenth Amendment.

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Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama v. Garrett canonical	5

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Supreme Court case ⓘ landmark disability law case ⓘ
areaOfLaw	civil rights ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ disability law ⓘ federal courts ⓘ
citation	121 S. Ct. 955 ⓘ 148 L. Ed. 2d 866 ⓘ 531 U.S. 356 ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted	Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
decisionDate	2001-02-21 ⓘ
dissentingOpinionBy	Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ
dissentJoinedBy	David H. Souter ⓘ John Paul Stevens ⓘ Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ
docketNumber	99-1240 ⓘ
doctrine	Eleventh Amendment immunity ⓘ congruence and proportionality test ⓘ state sovereign immunity ⓘ
holding	Congress did not validly abrogate the states’ Eleventh Amendment immunity for money damages suits by state employees under Title I of the ADA ⓘ Title I of the ADA, as applied to the states, is not a valid exercise of Congress’s enforcement power under Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment for purposes of damages suits ⓘ state employees may not recover money damages from state employers in federal court under Title I of the ADA ⓘ
impact	limited Congress’s power to subject states to damages suits under the ADA ⓘ narrowed the scope of Congress’s enforcement authority under Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ restricted remedies available to state employees alleging disability discrimination under Title I of the ADA ⓘ
joinedByInMajority	Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ Antonin Scalia ⓘ Clarence Thomas ⓘ Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ
jurisdiction	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
legalIssue	whether Congress validly abrogated state sovereign immunity under Title I of the ADA ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy	William H. Rehnquist ⓘ
party	Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama System ⓘ surface form: Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama Milton Ash NERFINISHED ⓘ Patricia Garrett ⓘ
precedentReliedOn	City of Boerne v. Flores ⓘ Kimel v. Florida Board of Regents ⓘ Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida ⓘ
remedyStillAvailable	prospective injunctive relief against state officials under Ex parte Young ⓘ
result	judgment of the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit reversed in part ⓘ
statuteInterpreted	Americans with Disabilities Act ⓘ surface form: Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act ⓘ
subsequentCitationBy	Nevada Department of Human Resources v. Hibbs ⓘ Tennessee v. Lane ⓘ
term	October Term 2000 ⓘ

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Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment → interpretedByCase → Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama v. Garrett ⓘ

United States sovereign immunity law → keyCase → Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama v. Garrett ⓘ

Tennessee v. Lane → followsCaseLawFrom → Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama v. Garrett ⓘ

Tennessee v. Lane → distinguishesCase → Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama v. Garrett ⓘ

Nevada Department of Human Resources v. Hibbs → relatedCase → Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama v. Garrett ⓘ