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LOMBARDO v. PENNSYLVANIA, DEPT. OF PUBLIC WELFARE

No. 06-4628.

540 F.3d 190 (2008)

Michael A. LOMBARDO v. Commonwealth of PENNSYLVANIA, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE; Estelle Richman, Secretary of the Department of Public Welfare, in her official capacity, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed: August 25, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Corbett, Jr., John G. Knorr, III (Argued), Maryanne M. Lewis, Office of the Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Department of Justice, Harrisburg, PA, for Appellants.

Kimberly D. Borland (Argued), Borland & Borland, L.L.P., Wilkes Barre, PA, for Appellee.

Before: SLOVITER, CHAGARES, and HARDIMAN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

CHAGARES, Circuit Judge.

This case requires the Court to consider the contours of state sovereign immunity and under what circumstances such immunity may be waived.

Alleging violations of both federal and state antidiscrimination laws, Michael A. Lombardo (Lombardo) filed an employment discrimination complaint in the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's Department of Public Welfare...

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