Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Pennhurst_State_School_and_Hospital_v._Halderman
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Pennhurst I
gptkbp:arguedDate 1983-11-28
gptkbp:citation 465 U.S. 89
gptkbp:concurringOpinionBy gptkb:Lewis_F._Powell,_Jr.
gptkbp:date 1984-01-23
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy gptkb:Thurgood_Marshall
gptkb:John_Paul_Stevens
gptkb:Harry_Blackmun
gptkbp:docketNumber 81-2102
gptkbp:heldBy Federal courts cannot order state officials to comply with state law under the Eleventh Amendment.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman
gptkbp:judge gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy gptkb:William_H._Rehnquist
gptkbp:petitioner Pennhurst State School and Hospital
gptkbp:predecessor federalism jurisprudence
sovereign immunity cases
gptkbp:relatedTo disability rights
institutionalization
Pennhurst State School and Hospital
gptkbp:response Halderman
gptkbp:subject gptkb:Eleventh_Amendment
federalism
sovereign immunity
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ex_parte_Young
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8