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EX PARTE MACON COUNTY DHR

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716 So.2d 743 (1998)

Ex parte MACON COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES, et al. (In re Edna DOWDELL v. David STINSON, et al.).

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama.

May 1, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Coleman Campbell and James E. Long, asst. attys. gen., Department of Human Resources, for petitioners.

Charles L. Anderson of Anderson & Carr, L.L.C., Montgomery, for respondent Edna Dowdell.

CRAWLEY, Judge.

In February 1994, Edna Dowdell sued, among others, the Macon County Department of Human Resources ("Macon County DHR") and the State Department of Human Resources ("State DHR"), seeking damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The Macon County DHR and the State DHR moved for a summary judgment, arguing that the § 1983 claim against them was barred by the doctrine of sovereign immunity. The trial court denied their motion. They have petitioned for...

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