quern jordan argued november decided march edelman jordan held retroactive welfare benefits awarded federal district plaintiff class reason wrongful denial benefits illinois officials prior entry order determining wrongfulness actions violated eleventh amendment action federal remedial power consistent eleventh amendment necessarily limited prospective injunctive relief may include retroactive award requires payment funds state treasury edelman supra remand district ordered state officials send member plaintiff class notice informing denied public assistance entitled together notice appeal recipient request hearing denial benefits appeals reversed ground proposed form notice barred eleventh amendment stated remand district order state officials send mere explanatory notice applicants advising state administrative procedure available desire state determine whether may eligible past benefits returnable notice appeal also provided held neither monell new york city dept social services legislative history cited decision eleventh amendment cases subsequent edelman cast doubt edelman holding abrogate eleventh amendment immunity section explicitly clear language indicate face intent sweep away immunity history focuses directly question state liability shows congress considered firmly decided abrogate eleventh amendment immunity hutto finney distinguished reaffirmance edelman case render meaningless insofar concerned pp modified notice contemplated appeals constitutes permissible prospective relief retroactive award requires payment funds state treasury notice effect simply informs plaintiff class members existing administrative procedures may receive determination eligibility past benefits federal suit end federal provide relief whether recipient notice decides take advantage available procedures left completely discretion particular class member federal playing role decision whether class member receive retroactive benefits rests entirely state agencies courts legislature federal pp rehnquist delivered opinion burger stewart white blackmun powell stevens joined brennan filed opinion concurring judgment parts ii iii marshall joined post marshall filed opinion concurring judgment post william wenzel iii special assistant attorney general illinois argued cause petitioner briefs william scott attorney general sheldon roodman argued cause respondent brief james weill theodore sendak attorney general william mundy deputy attorney general donald bogard filed brief state indiana amicus curiae urging reversal justice rehnquist delivered opinion case sequel edelman jordan decided five terms ago edelman held retroactive welfare benefits awarded federal district plaintiffs reason wrongful denial benefits state officials prior entry order determining wrongfulness actions violated eleventh amendment issue us whether federal may consistent eleventh amendment order state officials send mere explanatory notice members plaintiff class advising state administrative procedures available may receive determination whether entitled past welfare benefits granted certiorari resolve apparent conflict decision appeals seventh circuit case appeals third circuit fanty commonwealth pennsylvania dept public welfare believe case comes us involves little unbroken ground area affirm judgment seventh circuit following remand edelman district northern district illinois upon motion plaintiff ordered state officials send member plaintiff class notice informing recipient ou denied public assistance entitled amount jordan trainor supp enclosed required mailing notice appeal signed returned illinois department public aid requested hearing denial benefits notice stated department illegally delayed processing aabd application consequence denied benefits entitled appeals en banc found proposed form notice barred eleventh amendment since least purported decide illinois public funds used satisfy claims plaintiff class members without consent state appropriate officials jordan trainor reversed district order reason stated remand district order state officials send mere explanatory notice applicants advising state administrative procedure available desire state determine whether may eligible past benefits simple returnable notice appeal form also provided ibid view notice violate distinction set forth edelman prospective relief permitted eleventh amendment retrospective relief form notice envisage create liability state whether liability might result matter state determination federal federal judgment state created notice labeled equitable restitution considered award damages state defendant makes issue incidental administrative expense connected preparation mailing notice suggested record notice included regular monthly mailing necessary information comes computer indication administrative expense substantial edelman reaffirmed rule evolved earlier cases suit federal private parties seeking impose liability must paid public funds state treasury barred eleventh amendment see kennecott copper state tax ford motor department treasury great northern life ins read rejected notion simply lower grant retroactive benefits styled equitable restitution permissible eleventh amendment also pointed landmark decision ex parte young federal consistent eleventh amendment may enjoin state officials conform future conduct requirements federal law even though injunction may ancillary effect state treasury see milliken bradley scheuer rhodes distinction relief permissible doctrine ex parte young found barred edelman difference prospective relief one hand retrospective relief petitioner state official devotes significant part brief attack proposed notice district required state officials send however decision appeals district review behest petitioner petitioner insists tilting windmills attacking district decision respondent suggests decision edelman eviscerated later decisions monell new york city dept social services brief respondent see also aldridge turlington nd see skehan board trustees bloomsburg state college noted held edelman action federal remedial power consistent eleventh amendment necessarily limited prospective injunctive relief ex parte young supra may include retroactive award requires payment funds state treasury ford motor department treasury supra disagree respondent suggestion holding monell limited local government units considered part state eleventh amendment purposes eleventh amendment decisions subsequent edelman monell cast doubt holding edelman see alabama pugh hutto finney milliken bradley supra fitzpatrick bitzer scheuer rhodes supra separate opinions hutto finney supra debated continuing soundness edelman decision monell doubt score largely dispelled alabama pugh supra decided days hutto pugh held three dissents state alabama joined defendant without violating eleventh amendment even though complaint based claim violation eighth fourteenth amendments similar made hutto said doubt however suit state board corrections barred eleventh amendment unless alabama consented filing suit edelman jordan ford motor department treasury worcester county trust riley justice brennan opinion concurring judgment argues holding edelman abrogate eleventh amendment immunity likely incorrect post reach conclusion relies assum ptions drawn fourteenth amendment post occasional remarks found legislative history contains little debate civil rights act stat precursor post reference bodies politic act stat dictionary act post finally general language post unlike brother brennan simply unwilling believe basis slender evidence congress intended general language override traditional sovereign immunity therefore conclude neither reasoning monell eleventh amendment cases subsequent edelman additional legislative history arguments set forth justice brennan opinion justify conclusion different reached edelman question supporters opponents civil rights act believed act ceded federal government many important powers previously considered within exclusive province individual many remarks legislative history act quoted justice brennan opinion amply demonstrate point post see also monroe pape neither logic circumstances surrounding adoption fourteenth amendment legislative history act compels even warrants leap proposition conclusion congress intended general language act overturn constitutionally guaranteed immunity several tenney brandhove rejected similar attempt interpret word person withdrawal historic immunity state legislators words bear repeating congress general language statute mean overturn tradition legislative freedom achieved england civil war carefully preserved formation state national governments mean subject legislators civil liability acts done within sphere legislative activity limits statute title spelled debate believe congress staunch advocate legislative freedom impinge tradition well grounded history reason covert inclusion general language us cases consistently required clearer showing congressional purpose abrogate eleventh amendment immunity brother brennan able marshal employees missouri public health concluded congress lift sovereign immunity enacting fair labor standards act absence indication clear language constitutional immunity swept away easy infer congress legislating pursuant commerce clause grown vast proportions applications desired silently deprive immunity long enjoyed another part constitution fitzpatrick bitzer found present title vii civil rights act et threshold fact congressional authorization sue state employer statute made explicit reference availability private action state local governments event equal employment opportunity commission attorney general failed bring suit effect conciliation agreement see equal opportunity employment act stat pp pp conf pp conf pp finally hutto finney decided last term held enacting civil rights attorney fees awards act congress intended override eleventh amendment immunity authorize fee awards payable officials sued official capacities although statutory language hutto separately impose liability many words statute history focusing directly question state liability congress considered firmly rejected suggestion immune fee awards also noted statute rendered meaningless respect act impose liability attorney fees ibid see employees missouri public health supra contrast explicitly clear language indicate face intent sweep away immunity history focuses directly question state liability shows congress considered firmly decided abrogate eleventh amendment immunity reaffirmance edelman render meaningless insofar concerned see ex parte young turn question caused disagreement courts appeals modified notice contemplated seventh circuit constitute permissible prospective relief retroactive award requires payment funds state treasury think relief falls ex parte young side eleventh amendment line rather edelman side petitioner makes issue incidental administrative expense connected preparing mailing notice instead argues giving proposed notice lead inexorably payment state funds retroactive benefits therefore effect amounts monetary award chain causation petitioner seeks establish means unbroken contains numerous missing links supplied state members plaintiff class federal notice approved appeals simply apprises plaintiff class members existence whatever administrative procedures may already available state law may receive determination eligibility past benefits notice appeal told virtually identical notice sent department public aid every case denial reduction benefits mere sending notice trigger state administrative machinery whether recipient notice decides take advantage available state procedures left completely discretion particular class member federal plays role decision whether class member receive retroactive benefits rests entirely state agencies courts legislature federal notice approved appeals unlike ordered district properly viewed ancillary prospective relief already ordered see milliken bradley notice effect simply informs class members federal suit end federal provide relief existing state administrative procedures may wish pursue petitioner raises objection expense preparing sending class members given gathered sitting courtroom jordan trainor judgment appeals therefore affirmed footnotes fanty plaintiff class alleged manner defendant state officials collected class members federal benefits reimbursement amounts granted state welfare laws violated decision philpott essex county welfare board district agreed denied retroactive relief state basis edelman jordan supra require defendant state officials notify plaintiff class members philpott legal obligation make reimbursement federal disability benefits matter state law may cause action department public welfare refund prior payments appeals three separate opinions reversed chief judge seitz opinion notice relief barred eleventh amendment judge garth concurring result believed eleventh amendment issue borderline voted reverse basis case controversy judge hunter dissented grounds relevant however disagreed chief judge seitz eleventh amendment prohibited notice relief class action qualifying fed rule civ proc class members never received notice complaint original lower judgment decision effect see eisen carlisle jacquelin fed rule civ proc rule however may require appropriate notice protection members class otherwise fair conduct action prior ordering notice district requested parties submit information respect number persons plaintiff class cost notifying amounts involved issues affecting equities sending notice respondent filed response request state officials submitted response respondent indicated approximately members plaintiff class app cost identifying class members stated simply cost running department computer period necessary cull names plaintiff class members respondent claimed additional cost notifying class members notice included one regular mailings members plaintiff class petitioner disputed respondent allegations either panel seventh circuit originally reversed district order requiring notice ground eleventh amendment jurisdictional bar exercise federal judicial power concerning past action inaction state respect aid aged blind disabled program jordan trainor reaching decision seventh circuit relied part summary affirmance grubb sterrett supp nd ind aff district ordered indiana public assistance officials send plaintiff class members notice similar one issue appeals recognized list summary affirmances overruled edelman necessarily intended exhaustive see jordan trainor however prefer rest affirmance judgment appeals case conclusion consistent edelman stated edelman hat portion district decree petitioner challenges eleventh amendment grounds goes much ex parte young cases followed requires payment state funds necessary consequence compliance future substantive determination form compensation whose applications processed slower time schedule time petitioner obligation conform different standard virtual certainty paid state funds pockets individual state officials defendants action measured terms monetary loss resulting past breach legal duty part defendant state officials justice brennan opinion concurring judgment edelman jordan supra held override state immunity reason later stated fitzpatrick civil rights act held monroe pape exclude cities municipal corporations ambit case intended include parties defendant post since monell overruled monroe holding cities municipal corporations persons within meaning justice brennan opinion argues premise edelman undercut post fallacy line reasoning aptly demonstrated last term justice powell concurring opinion hutto stated language question fitzpatrick essential holding case moreover position ignores fact edelman rests squarely eleventh amendment immunity without adverting terms treatment legislative history monroe pape fact monroe pape even cited edelman hutto finney three separate opinions addition two opinions expressed view misapplied rule laid edelman powell concurring dissenting rehnquist dissenting justice brennan though joining opinion wrote separately suggest opinions monell fitzpatrick bitzer rendered essential premise edelman holding longer true hutto however recognized applied edelman distinction retrospective prospective relief brother brennan opinion concurring judgment curiously suggests language quoted pugh text mean face says briefs case filed decision monell announced post parties pugh without benefit monell major legislative history post members labored similar disability decision pugh handed nearly one month monell days hutto separate opinions debated precise point monell hutto harbored doubts continued validity edelman conclusion constitute waiver eleventh amendment immunity inconceivable taken extraordinary action summarily reversing lower basis edelman limited debate civil rights act passed without amendment monell new york city dept social services sections drew debate created certain federal crimes permitted president send militia state widespread ku klux klan violence authorized suspension writ habeas corpus certain circumstances dictionary act intended provide general rules construction statutes cong globe remarks poland enacted two months enactment civil rights act came five years passage civil rights act stat served model language act cong globe app remarks shellabarger see monroe pape post justice brennan opinion characterizes conclusion gratuitous paten dicta post think gratuitous useless exercise discretionary jurisdiction decide two conflicting interpretations edelman jordan correct truth believed edelman longer valid question arise blue extensively discussed brother brennan concurrence hutto finney last term therefore fail see reaffirmance edelman characterized dicta example act attacked attempt strip power punish proscribe offenses within borders cong globe remarks rice app remarks moore app remarks blair authority decide militia called territory quell domestic disturbances remarks davis app remarks mccormick indeed line cases relied heavily monell surely militate conclusion see prigg pennsylvania pet kentucky dennison collector day wall brother brennan concurrence judgment today relies ex parte virginia virginia rives cases decided nearly decade enactment civil rights act noted monell substantially undercut line cases purposes enforcement fourteenth amendment noted monell line cases reigning constitutional theory day civil rights act debated enacted employees found word history statute indicate purpose congress make possible citizen state another state sue state federal courts also added interpretation law render statute inclusion state institutions meaningless hutto unlike fitzpatrick employees require express statutory waiver state immunity careful emphasize concerned expenses incurred litigation seeking prospective relief cases involved retroactive liability prelitigation conduct also noted concerned statute imposed enormous fiscal burdens might require formal indication congress intent abrogate eleventh amendment immunity employees fitzpatrick extending liability obviously place enormous fiscal burdens need reach question whether express waiver required neither language statute legislative history discloses intent overturn eleventh amendment immunity imposing liability directly upon arguments justice brennan opinion regarding osborn bank wheat similarly unpersuasive post chief justice marshall opinion osborn makes clear determining whether grant relief key inquiry whether state officer fact real party interest whether nominal party see also bank planters bank georgia wheat chief justice marshall emphasized precise point four years later opinion governor georgia madrazo pet madrazo vessel carrying slaves seized slaves delivered possession governor georgia slaves sold proceeds placed state treasury madrazo filed libel federal district naming governor georgia among others defendant restitution ordered lower courts reversed although demand relief nominally governor state clear action fact sought relief directly state treasury relief forbidden eleventh amendment claim upon governor governor sued name title demand made upon made personally officially decree pronounced person officer appeared pronounced successor original defendant appeal bond executed different governor filed information case chief magistrate state sued name style office claim made upon entirely official character think state may considered party record state party party decree made person natural capacity brought defendant proceeding thing person person capable appearing defendant decree pronounced must party cause decree regularly pronounced emphasis added similar effect see kentucky dennison reaffirmed principles madrazo monell emphasized well known members congress time passage act extent davis gray wall affirm injunctive decree state official inconsistent rule applied edelman suffices say repudiated long latter decision ford motor department treasury stated hen action essence one recovery money state state real substantial party interest entitled invoke sovereign immunity suit even though individual officials nominal defendants addition petitioner eleventh amendment arguments contends appeals notice violates law case established edelman jordan disagree doctrine law case comes play respect issues previously determined sanford fork tool remand circuit may consider decide matters left open mandate accord wells fargo taylor edelman considered constitutionality relief presented question propriety notice relief petitioner also claims district lacked power order notice terms remand simple answer contention remanded matter edelman proceedings consistent opinion hold today award notice relief fashioned appeals inconsistent either spirit express terms decision edelman mandate controlling matters within compass remand lower free issues sprague ticonic national bank citing sanford fork tool supra appears respondent answers district request expense associated preparation mailing notice de minimis see supra january aid aged blind disabled program replaced completely supplemental security income program pub title iii stat petitioner argues notice relief impermissible retroactive benefits ultimately awarded plaintiff class members little likelihood federal government reimburse state assistance payments made relating defunct program thus illinois bear total cost retroactive payments fact may well relevant state agency determination whether award retroactive benefits since notice relief constitute money judgment relevant question propriety notice fashioned appeals petitioner also even department public aid determines grant retroactive relief may request comptroller draw treasurer make payments funds appropriated current fiscal year outstanding obligation incurred prior fiscal year without express authorization legislature see reply brief petitioner thus result lapse public aid appropriations fiscal years petitioner claims members plaintiff class required resort filing claims state illinois claims facts may influence plaintiff class member deciding whether pursue existing state remedies legislature determining whether give approval payment retroactive benefits affect conclusion notice relief awarded permissible eleventh amendment justice brennan justice marshall joins parts ii iii concurring judgment reasons set forth dissent edelman jordan concur judgment deeply disturbing however engage today gratuitous departure customary judicial practice reach decide issue unnecessary holding today correctly rules explanatory notice approved appeals properly viewed ancillary prospective relief ante sufficient sustain holding notice barred eleventh amendment goes conclude patently dicta state person purposes rev stat conclusion significant three terms ago fitzpatrick bitzer held congress may determining appropriate legislation purpose enforcing provisions fourteenth amendment provide private suits state officials constitutionally impermissible contexts state person purposes therefore immunity eleventh amendment abrogated statute edelman jordan supra held override state immunity reason later stated fitzpatrick civil rights act held monroe pape exclude cities municipal corporations ambit case intended include parties defendant premise reasoning undercut last term however monell new york city dept social services upon legislative history held municipality indeed person purposes statute stated concurrence hutto finney monell made surely least open question whether properly construed make liable relief kinds notwithstanding eleventh amendment dicta today close open question basis alabama pugh case state alabama named party defendant suit alleging unconstitutional conditions confinement question presented hether mandatory injunction issued state alabama alabama board corrections violates state eleventh amendment immunity exceeds jurisdiction granted federal courts held state named party defendant pugh however stand proposition state person purposes opinion case fail even mention frames issue addressed whether alabama consented filing suit since alabama consent irrelevant congress intended encompassed within reach apparently decided first half question presented hether mandatory injunction issued state alabama violates state eleventh amendment immunity without considering deciding second half whether mandatory injunction exceeds jurisdiction granted federal courts parsing pugh strengthened consideration circumstances surrounding decision pugh short per curiam issued last day term without assistance briefs merits argument alabama petition certiorari respondents brief opposition filed february april respectively months monell announced thus necessarily without benefit monell major legislative history respondents even raise possibility alabama might person purposes since issue phrases whether members aware monell ante rather whether briefs arguments detailing implications monell question whether state person purposes anomalous opinion pugh failed address consider issue reliance pugh particularly significant question whether state person purposes neither briefed argued parties instant case indeed petitioner flatly en banc decision seventh circuit rest upon conclusion term person purposes includes sovereign opposed state officials within ambit issue issue petitioner writ certiorari reply brief petitioner respondent concurs stating unnecessary case confront directly question whether congress intended provide relief directly municipalities brief respondent thus today decides question major significance without ever assistance considered presentation issue either briefs arguments result pure judicial fiat ii fiat particularly disturbing likely incorrect section originally enacted civil rights act act enacted purpose enforcing provisions fourteenth amendment amendment exemplifies vast transformation worked structure federalism nation civil war mitchum foster prohibitions amendment directed reference actions political body denominated state whatever instruments whatever modes action may taken ex parte virginia fifth section amendment provides congress power enforce prohibitions appropriate legislation congress virtue fifth section may enforce prohibitions whenever disregarded either legislative executive judicial department state mode enforcement left discretion virginia rives prohibitions fourteenth amendment congress power enforcement thus directed merely state officers logical assume therefore effectuating provisions amendment interpos ing federal courts people guardians people federal rights mitchum foster supra also addressed certainly congress made intent plain enough face statute section civil rights act created federal cause action person color law statute ordinance regulation custom usage state deprived another rights privileges immunities secured constitution february less two months enactment civil rights act congress provided acts hereafter passed word person may extend applied bodies politic corporate unless context shows words intended used limited sense stat monell held ince nothing context civil rights act calling restricted interpretation word person language section prima facie construed include bodies politic among entities sued even opinion today dispute fact phrase bodies politic corporate certainly referred see heim mccall mcpherson blacker poindexter greenhow cotton chisholm georgia dall iredell cushing utah state building great american indemnity utah board hamilton county noyes rec super cincinnati wilson works cf keith clark munn illinois georgia stanton wall butler pennsylvania penhallow doane administrators dall iredell mass preamble indeed debates surrounding enactment civil rights act referred bodies politic corporate see cong globe hereinafter globe vickers state body politic corporate cf edmunds thus expressed intent congress manifested virtually simultaneously enactment civil rights act bodies corporate politic embraced term person act legislative history civil rights act reinforces conclusion act originally reported house representative shellabarger time representative shellabarger stated bill meant remedial aid preservation human liberty human rights thus liberally beneficently construed globe app bill meant give ull force effect section five fourteenth amendment globe stoughton see perry monell therefore like prohibitions amendment addressed see globe wilson edmunds representative kerr opposed bill instantly recognized rights union globe app representative shellabarger introducing bill made explicit stressing need necessary affirmative legislation enforce personal rights constitution guaranties persons state state see perry globe lowe wilson edmunds representative bingham elaborated point powers limited powers congress extended last three amendments constitution last amendments thirteen fourteen fifteen judgment vest congress power protect rights citizens individuals never granted advance provide denial rights whether denial acts omission commission well unlawful acts combinations conspiracies rights people never right though power inflict wrongs upon free citizens denial full protection laws state officials constitution required bound oath affirmation support constitution already said deny citizens equal protection laws deny rights citizens constitution except extent express limitations upon shown citizen remedy took property without compensation remedy restricted freedom press remedy restricted freedom speech remedy restricted rights conscience remedy bought sold men remedy dare say constitution amended nation law provide abuses denials right combination persons globe app emphasis added common ground therefore representative wilson argued prohibitions fourteenth amendment directed state meaning government state legislative judicial executive fifth section amendment given congress power enforce appropriate legislation meaning legislation adequate meet difficulties encountered suppress wrongs existing furnish remedies inflict penalties adequate suppression infractions rights citizens legislation globe opposed bill fully aware major implications statute representative blair example rested opposition fact bill including aimed corporate legislative capacity inhibitions thirteenth fourteenth fifteenth amendments corporate legislative capacities thing acts prohibited alone performed corporate legislative capacities power violate individuals must presume legislation provided corporate legislative capacity character acting laws individuals sustained view case tenth section first article constitution number inhibitions evident corporate legislative capacity respectfully call attention gentlemen favor bill globe app reaches draws within despotic circle central power domestic internal local institutions offices asserts arbitrary paramount control rights privileges immunities secured protected peculiar sense citizens thereof done swallowed institutions tribunals functions leaves shadow globe one thinks going far give national supervisory power protect fundamental rights citizens agree wise permit devotion reserved rights carried far deprive citizen privileges immunities must remember state rights perverted admit true significance arrayed nation threatened existence must remember purpose placing general government check upon arrogance fourteenth amendment adopted people must remember legislation propose trench upon fourteenth amendment considered rights behalf protection immunities privileges clearly given constitution federal laws federal rights must protected whether domestic laws administration interfered constitution laws made pursuance thereof law land making constitution enacting law virtue tested without peril experiment frelinghuysen iii plain words legislative history historical context evidence congress intended embraced within remedial cause action today pronounces conclusion dicta avoiding evidence chooses hear eloquent pointed legislative history silence silence fact deafening ears listen without reason reach question without briefs without argument relying precedent equally event controlling resolutely opines state person purposes congress course longer pronounce meaning unavoidable clarity fitzpatrick however cedes present congress power rectify erroneous misinterpretation need make intention plain edelman jordan stated suit brought illinois citizens illinois officials circumstance illinois may invoke eleventh amendment since amendment bars federal suits citizens rather question whether illinois may avail nonconstitutional ancient doctrine sovereign immunity bar respondent claim retroactive aabd payments view illinois may assert sovereign immunity reason expressed dissent employees missouri public health surrendered immunity hamilton words plan convention formed union least insofar granted congress specifically enumerated powers see parden terminal congressional authority enact social security act aabd part former replaced similar provisions supp ii found art cl one enumerated powers granted congress constitution remain opinion surrender immunity exists subject congressional declaration voluntary waiver thus occasion inquire whether congress authorized action aabd retroactive benefits whether illinois voluntarily waived immunity continued participation program background precedents sustained judgments ordering retroactive payments section every person color statute ordinance regulation custom usage state territory subjects causes subjected citizen person within jurisdiction thereof deprivation rights privileges immunities secured constitution laws shall liable party injured action law suit equity proper proceeding redress question enacted congress fourteenth amendment section originally first section act entitled act enforce provisions fourteenth amendment constitution stat reasoning employed several lower courts considered question see ex rel gittlemacker county philadelphia view holding monroe pape municipal corporation person subject suit within meaning civil rights act conclusion persons within meaning act inescapable williford california discussion implications monell question see aldridge turlington civ act nd take significance observation brother stevens pugh surely intend resolve summarily issue debated brothers separate opinions hutto finney brennan concurring powell concurring part dissenting part stevens dissenting cf term harv rev indeed entire discussion issue petition certiorari follows grant injunction state board corrections action based upon direct conflict decisions courts appeal hold neither state state agency person within meaning statute amenable suit meredith arizona cir curtis everette cir decisions conflict least principle holding city kenosha bruno municipalities persons pet cert alabama pugh pp discussion issue respondents pugh unilluminating rule certiorari granted special important reasons therefor second issue raised petitioners challenges injunction state alabama alabama board corrections alleging immune suit eleventh amendment neither person subject jurisdiction edelman jordan ex parte young bar judgments state prospective costs compliance order facts cases questions presented unimportant essentially irrelevant first additional defendants enjoined include members alabama board corrections numerous prison officials clearly remain bound injunction issued scheuer rhodes edelman jordan authority official capacity carry orders second state alabama board corrections named defendants pugh case james case therefore action taken issue pugh affect relief granted james third issue never thought important enough counsel petitioners raise brief argue trial fourth appeals see fit speak issue fifth whether state alabama board corrections enjoined addition members board corrections absolutely practical effect happened happen order brief opposition alabama pugh pp see supra said prohibitions fourteenth amendment addressed state shall make enforce law shall abridge privileges immunities citizens deny person within jurisdiction equal protection laws congress empowered enforce enforce state action however put forth whether action executive legislative judicial enforcement invasion state sovereignty law people constitution empowered congress enact ibid monell new york city dept social services held word may act interpreted equivalent shall mandatory use extended meanings words defined act required perform intended function guide rules construction acts congress see cong globe remarks sen trumbull phrase also referred chief justice marshall stated government consequently body politic corporate maurice brock cc see van brocklin tennessee dugan wheat argument attorney general william writ construing meaning term person texas law creating statute limitations suits recover real estate person peaceable adverse possession thereof stated course bound laws state yet word person statute include body politic corporate sayles art martin state texas stanley schwalby see shirey ohio helvering cf pfizer india monell supra stated doubt civil rights act intended broadly construed see lake country estates tahoe regional planning agency post senator thurman ohio opposed act stated respect limitation whatsoever upon terms employed comprehensive used cong globe app hereinafter globe app emphasis added one reasons given hutto finney requiring express statutory waiver state immunity ante applying civil rights attorney fees award act act enacted enforce fourteenth amendment common ground least fourteenth amendment congress dea citizens globe frelinghuysen see poland representative willard vermont example voted opposed sherman amendment held municipal corporation liable damages inhabitants private persons riotously tumultuously assembled monell supra grounds fourteenth amendment imposed liability directly municipal corporations hold duty protection rests anywhere rests state liability visited upon anybody failure perform duty liability brought home state hence judgment section liable much less objection regard justice constitutionality provided state offenses named section committed suit might brought state judgment obtained payment judgment might enforced upon treasury state globe see edmunds general agreement however congress impose affirmative obligations municipalities monell supra command state officer duty whatever globe blair see farnsworth collector day wall kentucky dennison prigg pennsylvania pet contrary suggestion ante however line cases stands principle federal government power impose state officer duty whatever militate conclusion persons purposes militates conclusion municipalities persons everyone agreed state officers subject liability violations doctrine coordinate sovereignty relied line cases distinguished liability liability state see monell view reach suggested occasional remarks legislative history effect government act upon individuals globe app morton rejected last term monell held municipalities persons purposes view colored belief since state always acts instrumentalities globe hoar state violations fourteenth amendment effectively reached imposing liability state officials acted representative burchard stated enforcement observance duties imposed directly upon people constitution general government applies law directly persons individual acts may punish individuals interference prerogatives infractions rights authorized protect neglect refusal state perform constitutional duty remedies power enforcement given general government restricted perform duty constitution enjoins upon state state fails appoint presidential electors legislature choose senators people elect representatives congress act prohibitions upon authorize congress exercise forbidden power may doubtless require state officers discharge duties imposed upon officers constitution state office must assumed limitations burdens duties obligations constitution attaches general government punish state officer violates official constitutional duty punished federal law appropriate legislation enforcing constitutional prohibition upon state compel state officers observe violation state consummated officers acts globe app noteworthy even view abrogate eleventh amendment immunity extent necessary provide full relief plaintiff suing state officer cf globe arthur lewis globe app thurman thus even limited approach emerged concern eleventh amendment immunity distinction prospective relief one hand retrospective relief ante drawn edelman jordan eliminated congressional enactment anomalous however since congress way anticipate edelman distinction much probably mind decision chief justice marshall osborn bank wheat held may think laid rule admits exception cases jurisdiction depends party party named record consequently amendment restrains jurisdiction granted constitution suits necessity limited suits state party record amendment full effect constitution construed construed jurisdiction never extended suits brought state citizens another state aliens state party record jurisdiction parties record true question one jurisdiction whether exercise jurisdiction make decree defendants whether considered real interest nominal parties four years later per chief justice marshall stated suit office opposed person governor state effect making state party record governor georgia madrazo pet essential principle remained unaltered evidenced davis gray wall case decided two years civil rights act deciding parties suit look beyond record making state officer party make state party although law may prompted action state may stand behind real party interest state made party shaping bill expressly view individuals corporations intended put relation case legislators congress therefore action directed state officers regardless effect suit state preserve eleventh amendment immunity long named parties extent subsequent decisions introduced eleventh amendment bar suits action essence one recovery money state ford motor department treasury bar eliminated congressional enactment since instant case neither state illinois office governor illinois parties record even limited reading reach therefore hold eleventh amendment inapplicable section modeled civil rights act stat imposed criminal penalties person color law statute ordinance regulation custom deprived inhabitant state territory right secured act representative shellabarger stated section provides criminal proceeding identically case one provides civil remedy globe app representative bingham noted limited application remedy provided clear congress provide penal laws protection rights guaranteed fourteenth amendment violating must answer crime punishes men violation law globe app representative bingham thus able distinguish apparently ante reach word person civil rights act reach civil rights act representative blair reached conclusion reasoning bill interpreted applicable individuals able fulfill purposes reconstruction amendments justice marshall concurring judgment concur judgment reasons expressed dissenting opinion edelman jordan concurring opinion employees missouri public health moreover agree affirmance follows logically decision edelman explanatory notice approved appeals clearly ancillary prospective relief given basis deciding present case entirely unnecessary address question whether state person within meaning accordingly join parts ii iii brother brennan opinion