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LASKARIS v. THORNBURGH

No. 81-1453, 81-2539.

661 F.2d 23 (1981)

Peter J. LASKARIS, Appellant in No. 81-1453, v. Richard THORNBURGH, Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Thomas Larson, Secretary of the Pennsylvania Dept. of Transportation, Dennis Hilton and Representative John Peterson. Michael SKAPURA, Appellant in No. 81-2539, v. Richard THORNBURGH, Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Thomas Larson, Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, John Harhigh, Director of Bureau of Personnel, James I. Scheiner, Deputy Secretary for Administration of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, all in both their official and individual capacities.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided October 5, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard T. Ruth, Erie, Pa., for appellants.

Robert H. Raymond, Jr., Asst. Chief Counsel, Carleton O. Strouss, Asst. Counsel, Ward T. Williams, Chief Counsel, Jay C. Waldman, Gen. Counsel, Dept. of Transp., Com. of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, Pa., for appellees Thornburgh, Larson, and Hilton in No. 81-1453.

Norman H. Stark, MacDonald, Illig, Jones & Britton, Erie, Pa., for appellee Peterson in No. 81-1453.

Alton P. Arnold, Jr., William A. Webb, Deputy Attys. Gen., LeRoy S. Zimmerman, Atty. Gen., Pittsburgh, Pa., Robert H. Raymond, Jr., Asst. Chief Counsel, Pa. Dept. of Transp., Harrisburg, Pa., for appellees in No. 81-2539.

Before ALDISERT, HIGGINBOTHAM and SLOVITER, Circuit Judges.

Submitted Under Third Circuit Rule 12(6) September 24, 1981.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.

The major question for decision in this appeal from the district court's dismissal of appellant's complaint is whether the eleventh amendment bars the district court from granting relief against certain state officials named as defendants.1 Laskaris, a former Labor Relations Coordinator for the Pennsylvania Department...

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