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Fitzpatrick v. Bitzer, 427 U.S. 445 (1976), was a United States Supreme Court decision that determined that the U.S. Congress has the power to abrogate the Eleventh Amendment sovereign immunity of the states, if this is done pursuant to its Fourteenth Amendment power to enforce upon the states the guarantees of the Fourteenth Amendment.

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  • Fitzpatrick v. Bitzer (en)
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  • Fitzpatrick v. Bitzer, 427 U.S. 445 (1976), was a United States Supreme Court decision that determined that the U.S. Congress has the power to abrogate the Eleventh Amendment sovereign immunity of the states, if this is done pursuant to its Fourteenth Amendment power to enforce upon the states the guarantees of the Fourteenth Amendment. (en)
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  • Fitzpatrick, et al. v. Bitzer, Chairman, State Employees' Retirement Commission, et al. (75-251) consolidated with Bitzer, Chairman, State Employees' Retirement Commission, et al. v. Matthews, et al. (75-283) (en)
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  • Burger, Stewart, White, Marshall, Blackmun, Powell (en)
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  • Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (en)
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  • Fitzpatrick v. Bitzer, (en)
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  • Fitzpatrick, et al. v. Bitzer, Chairman, State Employees' Retirement Commission, et al. consolidated with Bitzer, Chairman, State Employees' Retirement Commission, et al. v. Matthews, et al. (en)
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  • The Fourteenth Amendment gives Congress the power to override a State's Eleventh Amendment sovereign immunity for the purpose of enforcing civil rights on the States. (en)
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  • Fitzpatrick v. Bitzer, 427 U.S. 445 (1976), was a United States Supreme Court decision that determined that the U.S. Congress has the power to abrogate the Eleventh Amendment sovereign immunity of the states, if this is done pursuant to its Fourteenth Amendment power to enforce upon the states the guarantees of the Fourteenth Amendment. (en)
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  • Brennan (en)
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