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REIFF v. PHILADELPHIA COUNTY COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

Civ. A. No. 92-5004.

827 F.Supp. 319 (1993)

Dolores REIFF v. PHILADELPHIA COUNTY COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

July 15, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan B. Epstein, Jablon, Epstein and Wolf, Philadelphia, PA, for plaintiff.

A. Taylor Williams, Administrative Office of Pa. Courts, Philadelphia, PA, for defendant.

MEMORANDUM

ANITA BRODY, District Judge.

In this motion for summary judgment by the defendant Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas, I am being called upon to decide whether a Pennsylvania court of common pleas is an "arm of the state" for Eleventh Amendment purposes and therefore entitled to sovereign immunity in the federal courts. I find that it is. Once granted sovereign immunity, the court cannot be sued in federal court without its consent...

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