Opinion ID: 795988
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Eleventh Amendment Immunity and Sovereign Immunity

Text: 33 The plaintiffs appeal the grant of Eleventh Amendment and sovereign immunity to the state, arguing that under the exception to the Eleventh Amendment recognized in Ex Parte Young, 209 U.S. 123, 28 S.Ct. 441, 52 L.Ed. 714 (1908), their claims for prospective, injunctive relief are not barred by the Eleventh Amendment. They acknowledge that their money damages claim can be barred. In its opinion granting defendants' partial motion to dismiss, however, the district court only held that the money damages claims were barred, not the claims for injunctive relief. Because there appears to be no actual disagreement among the parties regarding the Eleventh Amendment's scope, we need not address this issue. 34