Pennhurst State School & Hospital v. Halderman

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Pennhurst State School & Hospital v. Halderman is a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that limited federal court authority over state institutions by holding that the Eleventh Amendment bars federal courts from ordering state officials to comply with state law.

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instanceOf United States Supreme Court case
federal courts case
landmark case
alsoKnownAs Pennhurst II
areaOfLaw civil rights
constitutional law
federal courts
arguedDate 1983-10-11
citation 465 U.S. 89
citationStyle Pennhurst State School & Hospital v. Halderman, 465 U.S. 89 (1984)
country United States
court Supreme Court of the United States
decisionDate 1984-01-23
dissentingJustices Harry A. Blackmun
John Paul Stevens
Thurgood Marshall
William J. Brennan Jr.
docketNumber 81-2102
effect limited federal court authority to enforce state law against state officials
strengthened state sovereign immunity in federal court
fullName Pennhurst State School & Hospital v. Halderman
holding Federal courts lack jurisdiction to grant relief against state officials on the basis of state law when the state is the real, substantial party in interest.
The Eleventh Amendment bars a federal court from ordering state officials to conform their conduct to state law.
jurisdiction federal question jurisdiction
language English
legalIssue application of Ex parte Young doctrine
federal court power to order state officials to comply with state law
scope of Eleventh Amendment immunity
majorityJustices Byron R. White
Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Sandra Day O'Connor
Warren E. Burger
William H. Rehnquist
majorityOpinionBy Lewis F. Powell Jr.
overruledPrecedent Third Circuit decision in Halderman v. Pennhurst State School & Hospital
page 89
petitioner Pennhurst State School and Hospital
precedentialStatus binding precedent on federal courts
relatedCase Halderman v. Pennhurst State School & Hospital
relatedDoctrine Eleventh Amendment sovereign immunity
Ex parte Young
reporter United States Reports
respondent Terri Lee Halderman
other residents of Pennhurst State School and Hospital
stateInvolved Pennsylvania
subjectMatter treatment of persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities in state institutions
volume 465

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Ex parte Young relatedCase Pennhurst State School & Hospital v. Halderman
Pennhurst State School & Hospital v. Halderman fullName Pennhurst State School & Hospital v. Halderman
Pennhurst State School & Hospital v. Halderman relatedCase Halderman v. Pennhurst State School & Hospital
linked to: Pennhurst State School & Hospital v. Halderman
Pennhurst State School & Hospital v. Halderman citationStyle Pennhurst State School & Hospital v. Halderman, 465 U.S. 89 (1984)
linked to: Pennhurst State School & Hospital v. Halderman