Kimel v. Florida Board of Regents
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Kimel v. Florida Board of Regents is a 2000 U.S. Supreme Court case that held Congress lacked authority under the Fourteenth Amendment to subject nonconsenting states to private suits for money damages under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kimel v. Florida Board of Regents canonical | 4 |
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Target entity: Kimel v. Florida Board of Regents Context triple: [Alden v. Maine, relatedCase, Kimel v. Florida Board of Regents]
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Target entity: Kimel v. Florida Board of Regents Target entity description: Kimel v. Florida Board of Regents is a 2000 U.S. Supreme Court case that held Congress lacked authority under the Fourteenth Amendment to subject nonconsenting states to private suits for money damages under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.
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A.
Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama v. Garrett
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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B.
Agostini v. Felton
Agostini v. Felton is a 1997 U.S. Supreme Court case that reshaped Establishment Clause doctrine by allowing public school teachers to provide remedial instruction in religious schools under certain safeguards.
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C.
Gratz v. Bollinger
Gratz v. Bollinger is a 2003 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down the University of Michigan’s undergraduate affirmative action admissions policy as violating the Equal Protection Clause by awarding automatic points based on race.
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D.
Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College
Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College is a landmark 2023 U.S. Supreme Court case that sharply limited the use of race-conscious admissions policies in higher education, effectively ending affirmative action programs at colleges and universities nationwide.
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E.
Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah
Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah is a 1993 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down city ordinances targeting Santería animal sacrifice and clarified that laws burdening religious practice must be neutral and generally applicable under the Free Exercise Clause.
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Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
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federal court case ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
constitutional law
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employment discrimination law ⓘ federal courts ⓘ |
| citation |
120 S. Ct. 631
ⓘ
145 L. Ed. 2d 522 ⓘ 528 U.S. 62 ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvisionInterpreted |
Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution
ⓘ
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
linked to:
Fourteenth Amendment
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 2000-01-11 ⓘ |
| defendant |
Board of Regents of the State of Florida
ⓘ
linked to:
Florida Board of Regents
Florida Board of Regents ⓘ |
| dissentingJustices |
David H. Souter
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John Paul Stevens ⓘ Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ |
| docketNumber | 98-791 ⓘ |
| holding |
Congress lacked authority under Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment to subject nonconsenting states to private suits for money damages under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act
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Private individuals may not recover money damages from nonconsenting states for violations of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act ⓘ The Age Discrimination in Employment Act is not a valid exercise of Congress’s Section 5 enforcement power as applied to the states ⓘ
linked to:
Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
|
| impact | Limited Congress’s ability to subject states to private damages suits under federal anti-discrimination statutes ⓘ |
| issue | Whether Congress validly abrogated state sovereign immunity in the Age Discrimination in Employment Act under Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | federal question jurisdiction ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalSubject |
Age Discrimination in Employment Act
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linked to:
Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
Eleventh Amendment ⓘ Fourteenth Amendment Section 5 enforcement power ⓘ state sovereign immunity ⓘ |
| majorityJustices |
Anthony M. Kennedy
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Antonin Scalia ⓘ Clarence Thomas ⓘ Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ William H. Rehnquist ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy | Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ |
| plaintiff | J. Daniel Kimel Jr. ⓘ |
| relatedCase |
Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama v. Garrett
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City of Boerne v. Flores ⓘ Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida ⓘ |
| relatedDoctrine | congruence and proportionality test ⓘ |
| relatedStatute | Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 ⓘ |
| result | State employers gained immunity from private suits for money damages under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act ⓘ |
| statuteInterpreted | 29 U.S.C. § 621 et seq. ⓘ |
| term | October Term 1999 ⓘ |
| topic |
federalism in the United States
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state liability for employment discrimination ⓘ |
| vote | 5-4 ⓘ |
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Subject: Kimel v. Florida Board of Regents Description of subject: Kimel v. Florida Board of Regents is a 2000 U.S. Supreme Court case that held Congress lacked authority under the Fourteenth Amendment to subject nonconsenting states to private suits for money damages under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.
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