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U.S. v. Georgia, No. 04-1203 (U.S. Supreme Court) (546 U.S. 151; 126 S.Ct. 877) (January 10, 2006) (Justice Scalia)

Here a unanimous Court held that the Eleventh Circuit had erred when it dismissed, on sovereign immunity grounds, a lawsuit brought by a paraplegic inmate who claimed that prison officials had violated his rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

In this brief and far from momentous ruling, the Supreme …

 

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