In May 2003, the U.S. Supreme Court held that states are subject to private lawsuits under the Family and Medical Leave Act. The decision, in Nevada Dept. of Human Resources v. Hibbs, left many court watchers wondering if the justices had concluded that their long effort to rehabilitate 11th Amendment state sovereign immunity had gone far enough.
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New Jersey Law Journal

October 27, 2003