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TENNESSEE v. LANE, GEORGE, ET AL. (42855)

    Order dated: 12/01/03
    Docket number: 02-1667
    Action:
        The motion of Richard Stevens for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae is denied.

TENNESSEE v. LANE, GEORGE, ET AL. (42855)

    Order dated: 12/08/03
    Docket number: 02-1667
    Action:
        The motion of the Solicitor General for divided argument is granted. The motion of Alabama, et al. for leave to participate in oral argument as amici curiae and for divided argument is denied.

A description of the questions presented by the case has been prepared:

Whether Title II of the Americans with Disabilitites Act of 1990 is a proper exercise of Congress' power under Section 5 of the 14th Amendment and thus validly abrogates state sovereign immunity?

An opinion has been handed down: