TEGIC COMMUNICATIONS CORP. v. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM

No. 05-1553.

458 F.3d 1335 (2006)

TEGIC COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

August 10, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen M. Sullivan, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, LLP, of San Francisco, California, argued for plaintiff-appellant. With her on the brief were Charles K. Verhoeven, Jennifer A. Kash, and Helen E. Dutton.

Michael W. Shore, Shore Chan LLP, of Dallas, Texas, argued for defendant-appellee. On the brief were Kelly P. Corr and Kelsey Joyce, Corr Cronin Michelson Baumgardner & Preece LLP, of Seattle, Washington. Of counsel on the brief were Alfonso Garcia Chan, Shore Chan LLP, of Dallas, Texas, and Kenneth E. Shore, Shore West, PC, of Longview, Texas. Of counsel were Gerald Bill Hrycyszyn, Joseph F. DePumpo, and Jeffrey R. Bragalone, Shore Chan LLP.

Before NEWMAN, Circuit Judge, ARCHER, Senior Circuit Judge, and GAJARSA, Circuit Judge.


NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.

Tegic Communications Corporation appeals the decision of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, dismissing a declaratory judgment action against the Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (herein "the University") on the ground that this suit is barred by the Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution.1 We affirm the dismissal.

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