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