Edelman v. Jordan
1974 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Edelman v. Jordan, 415 U.S. 651 (1974), was a United States Supreme Court case that held that the sovereign immunity recognized in the Eleventh Amendment prevented a federal court from ordering a state from paying back funds that had been unconstitutionally withheld from parties to whom they had been due.[1]
Quick Facts Edelman v. Jordan, Argued December 12, 1973 Decided March 25, 1974 ...
Edelman v. Jordan | |
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Argued December 12, 1973 Decided March 25, 1974 | |
Full case name | Joel Edelman, Director, Department of Public Aid of Illinois v. John Jordan |
Citations | 415 U.S. 651 (more) 94 S. Ct. 1347; 39 L. Ed. 2d 662; 1974 U.S. LEXIS 115 |
Case history | |
Prior | Jordan v. Weaver, 472 F.2d 985 (7th Cir. 1973); cert. granted, 412 U.S. 937 (1973). |
Subsequent | Rehearing denied, 416 U.S. 1000 (1974); on remand, Jordan v. Trainor, 405 F. Supp. 802 (N.D. Ill. 1975), reversed, 551 F.2d 152 (7th Cir. 1977), on rehearing en banc, 563 F.2d 873 (7th Cir. 1977), affirmed sub nom., Quern v. Jordan, 440 U.S. 332 (1979). |
Holding | |
Because of the sovereign immunity recognized in the Eleventh Amendment, a federal court could not order a state to pay back funds that had unconstitutionally withheld from parties to whom they had been due. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Rehnquist, joined by Burger, Stewart, White, Powell |
Dissent | Douglas |
Dissent | Brennan |
Dissent | Marshall, joined by Blackmun |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amend. XI; 42 U.S.C. § 1983 |
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