Case Status

LAPIDES, PAUL D. v. BD OF REGENTS OF UNIV. OF GA (25951)

    Order dated: 10/29/01
    Docket number: 01-298
    Action:
        The petitions for writs of certiorari are granted.

LAPIDES, PAUL D. v. BD OF REGENTS OF UNIV. OF GA (25951)

    Order dated: 02/15/02
    Docket number: 01-298
    Action:
        The motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument is granted. The motion of Texas, et al., for leave to participate in oral argument as amici curiae and for divided argument is granted.

A description of the questions presented by the case has been prepared:

Does a State waive its Eleventh Amendment immunity by its affirmative litigation conduct when it removes a case to federal court and then seeks a dispositive ruling?

An opinion has been handed down:

• Syllabus
• Opinion (Breyer)