Case Name: Nancy COLEMAN, individually and on behalf of all others so situated, Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Katheryn T. GLYNN, Director, Ohio Department of Human Services; Ohio Department of Human Services, Defendants/Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross-Appellants, Louis Sullivan, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Third-Party Defendant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1993-01-19
Citations: 983 F.2d 737
Docket Number: Nos. 90-3850, 90-3877
Parties: Nancy COLEMAN, individually and on behalf of all others so situated, Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Katheryn T. GLYNN, Director, Ohio Department of Human Services; Ohio Department of Human Services, Defendants/Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross-Appellants, Louis Sullivan, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Third-Party Defendant.
Judges: Before: MERRITT, Chief Judge; NORRIS, Circuit Judge; and GODBOLD, Senior Circuit Judge.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 983
Pages: 737–741

Head Matter:
Nancy COLEMAN, individually and on behalf of all others so situated, Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Katheryn T. GLYNN, Director, Ohio Department of Human Services; Ohio Department of Human Services, Defendants/Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross-Appellants, Louis Sullivan, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Third-Party Defendant.
Nos. 90-3850, 90-3877.
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
Argued Nov. 1, 1992.
Decided Jan. 19, 1993.
Gregory S. French, Pro Seniors, Inc., Cincinnati, OH, Janet E. Pecquet (argued and briefed), Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Findlay, OH, Jane Perkins, National Health Law Program Inc., Jeanne Finberg, National Senior Citizens Law Center, Los Angeles, CA, for Nancy Coleman.
Alan Schwepe (argued and briefed), Office of Atty. Gen., Columbus, OH, for Katheryn T. Glynn and Ohio Department of Human Services.
The Honorable John C. Godbold, Senior Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
ORDER
Before: MERRITT, Chief Judge; NORRIS, Circuit Judge; and GODBOLD, Senior Circuit Judge.
It is the decision of the Court that the judgment of the District Court should be affirmed. Judge Norris would affirm for the reasons stated by the District Court in its written opinion. Judge Godbold would affirm the decision below because the District Court correctly decided that the Eleventh Amendment bars relief.
Chief Judge MERRITT
would affirm on other grounds as stated in his concurring opinion which follows.