1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.3d
  4. 226 F.3d
  5. 226 F.3d 223 (2000)
 

CHITTISTER v. DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND ECON. DEV.

No. 00-3140.

226 F.3d 223 (2000)

David D. CHITTISTER, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; David Black; Larry Segal.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed August 30, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew J. Ostrowski, (argued), Harrisburg, PA, Counsel for Appellants.

D. Michael Fisher, Attorney General, J. Bart DeLone, Deputy Attorney General, Calvin R. Koons, Senior Deputy Attorney General, John G. Knorr, III, Chief Deputy Attorney General, (argued), Office of Attorney General, Appellate Litigation Section, Harrisburg, PA, Counsel for Appellees.

Before: ALITO and McKEE, Circuit Judges, and FULLAM, Senior District Judge.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ALITO, Circuit Judge:

In this case, we must decide whether Congress validly abrogated the states' Eleventh Amendment immunity when it enacted provisions of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 ("FMLA"), 29 U.S.C. §§ 2601-54, that require a broad class of employers, including states, to provide their employees with 12 weeks of leave "[b]ecause of a serious health condition that makes the employee unable to perform the functions...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases