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Court Holds 11th Amendment Doesn't Bar Consent Decree Enforcement
The defendant state officials argued that under the Eleventh Amendment, a consent decree enforcing statutory rights could not be enforced to the extent that decree provisions went beyond the requirements of federal law. Judge Justice doesn't buy it. Lelsz v. Kavanagh is distinguished because it prohibits the enforcement of consent ...
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