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Blackfeet National Bank v. Nelson

U.S.
Nov 15, 1999
528 U.S. 1004 (1999)

Summary

holding that although Texas district attorneys were created by the state constitution and were thus in some ways officers of the state, district attorney's office was not entitled to Eleventh Amendment immunity because the office was funded by the county and thus a judgment against the district attorney in his official capacity would expend itself on the county's treasury, the powers of the district attorneys were limited to the county, the state could not oversee prosecutorial decisions, and the district attorneys were elected by voters of the county

Summary of this case from Residents Against Flooding v. Reinvestment Zone Number Seventeen

Opinion

No. 99-282.

November 15, 1999, OCTOBER TERM, 1999.


C.A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 171 F. 3d 1237.


Summaries of

Blackfeet National Bank v. Nelson

U.S.
Nov 15, 1999
528 U.S. 1004 (1999)

holding that although Texas district attorneys were created by the state constitution and were thus in some ways officers of the state, district attorney's office was not entitled to Eleventh Amendment immunity because the office was funded by the county and thus a judgment against the district attorney in his official capacity would expend itself on the county's treasury, the powers of the district attorneys were limited to the county, the state could not oversee prosecutorial decisions, and the district attorneys were elected by voters of the county

Summary of this case from Residents Against Flooding v. Reinvestment Zone Number Seventeen
Case details for

Blackfeet National Bank v. Nelson

Case Details

Full title:BLACKFEET NATIONAL BANK ET AL. v. NELSON, FLORIDA TREASURER AND INSURANCE…

Court:U.S.

Date published: Nov 15, 1999

Citations

528 U.S. 1004 (1999)
120 S. Ct. 497

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