hutto finney argued february decided june finding respondent prison inmates action petitioner prison officials conditions arkansas prison system constituted cruel unusual punishment violation eight fourteenth amendments district entered series detailed remedial orders appeal appeals petitioners challenged two aspects relief order placing maximum limit days confinement punitive isolation award attorney fees paid department correction funds based district finding petitioners acted bad faith failing cure previously identified violations appeals affirmed assessed additional attorney fee cover services appeal held district err including limitation sentences isolation part comprehensive remedy correct constitutional violations question whether past constitutional violations remedied entitled consider severity violations assessing constitutionality conditions isolation cells length time inmate spent isolation simply one consideration among many pp district award attorney fees paid department correction funds adequately supported finding petitioners acted bad faith violate eleventh amendment award served purpose remedial fine imposed civil contempt vindicated authority recalcitrant litigant reason distinguish award penalty imposed enforce prospective injunction eleventh amendment substantive protections prevent award department officers official capacities fact order directed award paid department funds rather assessed petitioners official capacities constitute reversible error pp civil rights attorney fees awards act provides action enforce certain civil rights laws including law action brought federal courts may award prevailing parties reasonable attorney fees part costs supports additional award attorney fees appeals pp act broad language fact primarily applies laws specifically passed restrain unlawful state action well act legislative history make clear congress passed act intended exercise power set aside immunity retroactive relief order enforce fourteenth amendment authorize fee awards payable officials sued official capacities pp costs traditionally awarded without regard eleventh amendment immunity much late single attorney fees one kind litigation cost whose recovery may authorized congress without express statutory waiver immunity pp fact neither state department correction expressly named defendant preclude appeals award since although eleventh amendment prevented respondents suing state name injunctive suit petitioner prison officials practical purposes brought state absent indication petitioners acted bad faith appeals department correction entity intended congress bear burden award pp stevens delivered opinion brennan stewart marshall blackmun joined part white joined parts burger powell joined brennan filed concurring opinion post powell filed opinion concurring part dissenting part burger joined dissenting portion white rehnquist joined post rehnquist filed dissenting opinion part ii white joined post garner taylor assistant attorney general arkansas argued cause petitioners brief bill clinton attorney general robert alston newcomb philip kaplan argued cause respondents brief jack holt philip mcmath jack greenberg james nabrit iii charles stephen ralston stanley bass eric schnapper lynn walker briefs amici curiae urging reversal filed evelle younger attorney general jack winkler chief assistant attorney general edward assistant attorney general gloria dehart patrick golden deputy attorneys general state california richard turner attorney general stephen robinson special assistant attorney general theodore boecker frederick haskins assistant attorneys general state iowa robert kane attorney general melvin shuster justin blewitt deputy attorneys general commonwealth pennsylvania briefs amici curiae urging affirmance filed solicitor general mccree assistant attorney general days walter barnett dennis dimsey bruce ennis burt neuborne richard emery american civil liberties union et al charles bane thomas barr armand derfner paul dimond norman redlich robert murphy norman chachkin richard kohn david lipman william caldwell lawyers committee civil rights law briefs amici curiae filed summer attorney general roger googe peter stockett assistant attorneys general state mississippi john hill attorney general david kendall first assistant attorney general joe dibrell richel rivers nancy simonson assistant attorneys general state texas justice stevens delivered opinion finding conditions arkansas penal system constituted cruel unusual punishment district entered series detailed remedial orders appeal appeals eighth circuit petitioners challenged two aspects relief order placing maximum limit days confinement punitive isolation award attorney fees paid department correction funds appeals affirmed assessed additional attorney fee cover services appeal granted certiorari affirm litigation began sequel two earlier cases holding conditions arkansas prison system violated eighth fourteenth amendments brief summary facts necessary explain basis remedial orders routine conditions ordinary arkansas convict endure characterized district dark evil world completely alien free world holt sarver supp ed ark holt ii characterization amply supported evidence punishments misconduct serious enough result punitive isolation cruel unusual unpredictable discipline known punitive isolation relevant present purposes confinement punitive isolation indeterminate period time average sometimes many prisoners crowded windowless cells containing furniture source water toilet flushed outside cell holt sarver supp ed ark holt night prisoners given mattresses spread floor although prisoners suffered infectious diseases hepatitis venereal disease mattresses removed jumbled together morning returned cells random evening prisoners isolation received fewer calories day meals consisted primarily squares grue substance created mashing meat potatoes oleo syrup vegetables eggs seasoning paste baking mixture pan ibid finding conditions confinement unconstitutional district immediately impose detailed remedy instead directed department correction make substantial start improving conditions file reports progress holt supra department progress proved unsatisfactory second hearing held district found improvements concluded prison conditions remained unconstitutional holt ii offered prison administrators opportunity devise plan remedying constitutional violations time issued guidelines identifying four areas change cure worst evils improving conditions isolation cells increasing inmate safety eliminating barracks sleeping arrangements putting end trusty system department ordered move rapidly funds became available ibid order affirmed appeal holt sarver hearings held review department progress finding substantial improvements district concluded continuing supervision longer necessary held however prior decrees remain effect noted sanctions well award costs attorney fees imposed violations occurred holt hutto supp ed ark holt iii appeals reversed district decision withdraw supervisory jurisdiction finney arkansas board correction district held fourth set hearings supp ed ark found respects conditions seriously deteriorated since withdrawn supervisory jurisdiction cummins farm condemned overcrowded housed inmates population situation punitive isolation cells particularly disturbing concluded either misjudged conditions cells conditions become much worse since twice many prisoners beds cells inmates punitive isolation often violently antisocial overcrowding led persecution weaker prisoners grue diet still use practically inmates losing weight cells vandalized substantial extent inadequate numbers guards assigned punitive isolation cells frequently resorted physical violence using nightsticks mace efforts maintain order prisoners sometimes left isolation months release depending attitudes appraised prison personnel concluded constitutional violations identified earlier cured entered order placed limits number men confined one cell required bunk discontinued grue diet set days maximum isolation sentence district gave detailed consideration matter fees expenses made express finding petitioners acted bad faith awarded counsel fee paid department correction funds appeals affirmed assessed additional cover fees expenses appeal eighth amendment ban inflicting cruel unusual punishments made applicable fourteenth amendment proscribe physically barbarous punishments estelle gamble prohibits penalties grossly disproportionate offense weems well transgress today broad idealistic concepts dignity civilized standards humanity decency estelle gamble supra quoting jackson bishop confinement prison isolation cell form punishment subject scrutiny eighth amendment standards petitioners challenge proposition disagree district original conclusion conditions arkansas prisons including punitive isolation cells constituted cruel unusual punishment rather petitioners single portion district recent order forbids department sentence inmates days punitive isolation petitioners assume district held indeterminate sentences punitive isolation always constitute cruel unusual punishment assumption misreads district holding read entirety district opinion makes abundantly clear length isolation sentences considered vacuum words punitive isolation necessarily unconstitutional may depending duration confinement conditions thereof perfectly obvious every decision remove particular inmate general prison population indeterminate period characterized cruel unusual new conditions confinement materially different affecting prisoners transfer duration prisoner sentence might completely unobjectionable well within authority prison administrator cf meachum fano equally plain however length confinement ignored deciding whether confinement meets constitutional standards filthy overcrowded cell diet grue might tolerable days intolerably cruel weeks months question trial whether past constitutional violations remedied entitled consider severity violations assessing constitutionality conditions isolation cells took note inmates diet continued overcrowding rampant violence vandalized cells lack professionalism good judgment part maximum security personnel length time inmate spent isolation simply one consideration among many find error conclusion taken whole conditions isolation cells continued violate prohibition cruel unusual punishment fashioning remedy district ample authority go beyond earlier orders address element contributing violation district given department repeated opportunities remedy cruel unusual conditions isolation cells petitioners fully complied earlier orders present time limit might well unnecessary taking long unhappy history litigation account justified entering comprehensive order insure risk inadequate compliance order supported interdependence conditions producing violation vandalized cells atmosphere violence attributable part overcrowding enmities growing months constant daily friction limit help correct conditions moreover limit presents little danger interference prison administration commissioner correction stated prisoners ordinarily held punitive isolation days finally exercise discretion case entitled special deference trial judge years experience problem hand recognition limits federal authority case kind like appeals find error inclusion limitation sentences punitive isolation part district comprehensive remedy ii attorney general arkansas whose office represented petitioners throughout litigation contends award fees prohibited eleventh amendment also argues appeals incorrectly held fees authorized civil rights attorney fees awards act hold district award adequately supported finding bad faith act supports additional award appeals district award although attorney general argues finding bad faith overcome state eleventh amendment protection question accuracy finding made district approved appeals question settled rule losing litigant bad faith may justify allowance fees prevailing party merely argues order requiring fees paid public funds violates eleventh amendment landmark decision ex parte young held although prohibited giving orders directly state federal courts enjoin state officials official capacities edelman jordan held amendment grants immunity retroactive monetary relief reaffirmed principle state officers immune prospective injunctive relief aware difference retroactive prospective relief many instances day night emphasized edelman distinction immunize obligation obey costly orders cost compliance ancillary prospective order enforcing federal law line retroactive prospective relief rigid defeats effective enforcement prospective relief present case requires application principle exercising prospective powers ex parte young edelman jordan federal courts reduced issuing injunctions state officers hoping compliance issued injunction may enforced many effective enforcement weapons involve financial penalties criminal contempt prosecution resistance lawful order may result jail term fine civil contempt proceedings may yield conditional jail term fine mine workers civil contempt may also punished remedial fine compensates party injunction effects opponent noncompliance gompers bucks stove range state agency refuses adhere order financial penalty may effective means insuring compliance principles federalism inform eleventh amendment doctrine surely require federal courts enforce decrees sending high state officials jail less intrusive power impose fine properly treated ancillary federal power impose injunctive relief case award attorney fees bad faith served purpose remedial fine imposed civil contempt vindicated district authority recalcitrant litigant compensation sole motive award setting amount fee said make effort adequately compensate counsel work done time spent case allow substantial fee however allowance thereof may incline department act manner protracted litigation prisons necessary ibid see reason distinguish award penalty imposed enforce prospective injunction hence substantive protections eleventh amendment prevent award attorney fees department officers official capacities instead assessing award defendants official capacities district directed fees paid department correction funds ibid although attorney general objects form order useful purpose served requiring recast different language previously approved directives comparable actual impact state without pausing attach significance language used district even might better form omit reference department correction use language surely reversible error appeals award petitioners losing litigants appeals ordered pay additional counsel prevailing parties services appeal order expressly direct department correction pay award since petitioners sued official capacities since represented attorney general obvious award paid state funds also clear order supported finding bad faith founded instead provisions civil rights attorney fees awards act pub stat act declares suits certain statutes federal courts may award prevailing parties reasonable attorney fees part costs made clear fitzpatrick bitzer congress plenary power set aside immunity retroactive relief order enforce fourteenth amendment passed act congress undoubtedly intended exercise power authorize fee awards payable officials sued official capacities act broader applies action brought enforce certain civil rights laws contains hint exception defending injunction actions indeed act primarily applies laws passed specifically restrain state action see legislative history equally plain intended attorneys fees like items costs collected either directly official official capacity funds agency control state local government whether agency government named party footnotes omitted house report accord greater resources available governments provide ample base fees awarded prevailing plaintiff suits governmental officials entities report adds course amendment bar awarding counsel fees state governments fitzpatrick bitzer congress intent expressed deeds well words rejected least two attempts amend act immunize state local governments awards attorney general quarrel rule established fitzpatrick bitzer supra rather argues plain indications legislative intent enough view congress must enact express statutory language making liable wishes abrogate immunity attorney general points sometimes refused impose retroactive liability absence extraordinarily explicit statutory mandate see employees missouri public health welfare see also edelman jordan cases concern retroactive liability prelitigation conduct rather expenses incurred litigation seeking prospective relief act imposes attorney fees part costs costs traditionally awarded without regard eleventh amendment immunity practice awarding costs goes back see missouri iowa north dakota minnesota collecting cases never viewed eleventh amendment barring awards even suits individual litigants fairmont creamery minnesota state challenged award costs squarely rejected state claim immunity far requiring explicit abrogation state immunity relied statutory mandate entirely silent question state liability power make award supported inherent authority orderly administration justice parties litigant federal interest orderly expeditious proceedings justifies treating state litigant imposing costs upon award called federal may treat state like litigant assesses costs also may congress amend definition taxable costs amended class costs apply litigants without expressly stating intends abrogate eleventh amendment immunity absurd require express reference state litigants whenever filing fee new item expert witness fee added category taxable costs ample precedent congress decision authorize award attorney fees item costs england costs solicitor client sprague ticonic nat bank routinely taxed today awarded since alyeska pipeline service wilderness society america although fees routinely awarded large number statutory situations allowable costs include counsel fees indeed federal statutory definition costs enacted civil war remains effect today includes certain fixed attorney fees recoverable costs fairmont creamery awarded statutory attorney fees state minnesota along taxable costs even though governing statute said nothing state liability much late single attorney fees one kind litigation cost whose recovery may authorized congress without express statutory waiver immunity finally attorney general argues even attorney fees may awarded state awarded case neither state department expressly named defendant although eleventh amendment prevented respondents suing state name injunctive suit prison officials practical purposes brought state actions attorney general show office defended action since began see holt state apparently paid earlier fee awards state lawyers decided bring appeal thereby risking another award like attorney general congress recognized suits brought individual officers injunctive relief practical purposes suits state legislative history makes clear suits attorney fee awards generally obtained either directly official official capacity funds agency control state local government whether agency government named party awards official individual capacity contrast affected statute injunctive suits continue awarded traditional bad faith standard recognized alyeska indication case named defendants litigated bad faith appeals consequently department correction entity intended congress bear burden award judgment appeals accordingly affirmed ordered footnotes case began holt sarver supp ed ark holt two earlier cases talley stephens supp ed ark jackson bishop supp ed ark vacated judge henley decided first cases chief judge eastern district arkansas although appointed appeals eighth circuit specially designated continue hear case district judge administrators arkansas prison system evidently tried operate prisons profit see talley stephens supra cummins farm institution center litigation required inmates work fields hours day six days week using tools tending crops hand inmates sometimes required run fields guard automobile horseback driving holt hutto supp ed ark holt iii worked sorts weather long temperature freezing sometimes unsuitably light clothing without shoes holt ii inmates slept together large barracks convicts known creepers slip beds crawl along floor stalking sleeping enemies one period stabbings occurring barracks holt supra homosexual rape common uncontrolled potential victims dared sleep instead leave beds spend night clinging bars nearest guards station holt ii supra inmates lashed leather strap five feet long four inches wide talley stephens supra although official policy inmates apparently whipped minor offenses skin bloody bruised jackson bishop supra tucker telephone device used administer electrical shocks various sensitive parts inmate body jackson bishop supra guards simply inmates issued guns holt ii supra although prisoners cummins employed eight guards convicts two nonconvict guards kept watch men night trusties maintained appearance order took high toll prisoners inmates obtain access medical treatment bribed trusty charge sick call district found within power trusty guard murder another inmate practical impunity trusties weapons authorized use deadly force escapees accidental shootings also occurred one trusty fired shotgun crowded barracks inmates turn tv ibid another trusty beat inmate badly victim required partial dentures talley stephens supra daily allowance calories recommended average male national academy sciences recommended dietary allowances appendix rev ed prisoners punitive isolation less active average person mature man spends hours day lying hours day simply sitting standing consumes approximately calories day department reads following sentence district opinion unqualified holding indeterminate sentence solitary confinement unconstitutional holds policy sentencing inmates indeterminate periods confinement punitive isolation unreasonable unconstitutional context full opinion think quite clear describing specific conditions found arkansas penal system indeed paragraph noted segregated confinement maximum security conditions one thing segregated confinement punitive conditions described quite another thing ibid emphasis original department also suggests district made rehabilitation constitutional requirement note agreement expert witness testified punitive isolation exists cummins today serves rehabilitative purpose counterproductive went say punitive isolation makes bad men worse must changed ibid agree department contention constitution require every aspect prison discipline serve rehabilitative purpose novak beto nadeau helgemoe district impose new legal test remarks form transition detailed description conditions isolation cells traditional legal analysis conditions quoted passage simply summarized facts presaged legal conclusion come explained milliken bradley state local authorities primary responsibility curing constitutional violations however authorities fail affirmative obligations judicial authority may invoked swann board education invoked scope district equitable powers remedy past wrongs broad breadth flexibility inherent equitable remedies ibid case district remedying present effects violation past seeking bring ongoing violation immediate halt cooperation part department officials compliance aspects decree may justify elimination added safeguard future entirely appropriate district postpone determination department progress evaluated district noted class inmates punitive cells hate charge may harbor particular hatreds prison employees charge inmates substantial period time early district identified shorter sentences possible remedy overcrowding isolation cells holt limit imposed mechanical therefore easily enforced method minimizing overcrowding attendant vandalism unsanitary conditions see holt ii however limited inquiry question whether constitutional rights inmates invaded whether penitentiary unconstitutional judicially concerned questions last analysis addressed legislative administrative judgment practice may bad standpoint penology may necessarily forbidden constitution affirming award appeals relied chiefly civil rights attorney fees awards act also noted expressly record fully supports finding district conduct state officials justified award bad faith exception enumerated alyeska pipeline service wilderness society equity unquestioned power award attorney fees party shows bad faith delaying disrupting litigation hampering enforcement order alyeska pipeline service wilderness society christiansburg garment eeoc straub vaisman cf fed rule civ proc attorney fees awarded party filing summary judgment affidavits bad faith solely purpose delay fed rule civ proc motions compel discovery prevailing party may recover attorney fees award vindicates judicial authority without resort drastic sanctions available contempt makes prevailing party whole expenses caused opponent obstinacy cf first nat bank dunham course fees also awarded part civil contempt penalty see toledo scale computing scale signal delivery service highway truck drivers ed ancillary costs may large indeed last term example rejected eleventh amendment defense approved injunction ordering state pay almost million help defray costs desegregating detroit school system milliken bradley powell concurring judgment see note attorneys fees eleventh amendment harv rev award compensatory effect event distinguish fine civil contempt also compensates private party consequences contemnor disobedience gompers bucks stove range moreover approved federal rulings requiring state support programs compensate past misdeeds saying programs also compensatory nature change fact part plan operates prospectively bring delayed benefits unitary school system therefore hold prospective relief barred eleventh amendment milliken bradley supra emphasis original award attorney fees state disregarding federal order stands footing like enforcement powers integral grant prospective relief attorney general argued award large unexpected interfered state budgeting process although eleventh amendment prohibit attorney fees awards bad faith may counsel moderation determining size award giving state time adjust budget paying full amount fee cf edelman jordan case however timing award put issue state claimed award larger necessary enforce prior orders understand attorney general urge fees awarded officers personally remarkable way treat individuals relied attorney general represent interests throughout litigation milliken bradley supra affirmed order requiring state treasurer pay substantial sum another litigant even though district opinion explicitly recognized remedial decree paid taxpayers city detroit state michigan app pet cert milliken bradley pp even though appeals affirming stated district ordered state detroit board pay costs relief bradley milliken act declares action proceeding enforce provision revised statutes title ix public law et seq ed civil action proceeding behalf america enforce charging violation provision internal revenue code et seq ed title vi civil rights act et seq discretion may allow prevailing party reasonable attorney fee part costs stat see cong rec amendment helms amendment allen see also amendment william scott attorney general also contends fee award apply cases one pending act passed legislative history act well general practice defeats argument house report declared accordance applicable decisions bill intended apply cases pending date enactment see also bradley richmond school board decisions allowing award costs antedate line drawn retroactive prospective relief edelman jordan awards seriously strain distinction unlike ordinary retroactive relief damages restitution award costs compensate plaintiff injury first brought instead award reimburses portion expenses incurred seeking prospective relief award costs almost invariably incidental award prospective relief costs generally awarded prevailing parties see fed rule civ proc prospective relief successfully pursued individual suit state moreover like power award attorney fees litigating bad faith power assess costs important tool used restrain behavior parties litigation see rule costs may awarded failure obey discovery order rule costs may awarded failure attend deposition failure serve subpoena state defends suit prospective relief exempt ordinary discipline courtroom specific statutory authority award costs needed found judicial code provides shall taxed losing party every cause pending cost printing record except judgment exception section emphatic inclusion every litigant shows state litigant must pay costs printing loses every case civil criminal costs constitute large part costs section certainly constitutes pro tanto statutory authority impose costs generally state defeated interest orderly evenhanded justice equally pressing lower courts fairmont creamery widely understood foreclosing eleventh amendment objection assessing costs state federal courts see skehan board trustees en banc utah ex rel griffin mcmann supp edny conclusion consistent reasons requiring formal indication congress intent abrogate eleventh amendment immunity requirement insures congress imposed enormous fiscal burdens without careful thought employees missouri public health welfare see tribe intergovernmental immunities litigation taxation regulation harv rev award costs limited partially compensating successful litigant expense suit hardly create hardship state thus suggest analysis congress expand concept costs beyond traditional category litigation expenses listed statutes allowing federal courts award attorney fees certain suits see alyeska pipeline service wilderness society statutes define attorney fees element costs others separate fees taxable costs compare supp see fees admiralty appeals involving inflation made awards merely nominal principle allowing awards parties undiminished force file clerk fairmont creamery minnesota attorney general argues statute must expressly abrogate immunity retroactive liability relying employees missouri public health welfare supra even dealing item costs reliance misplaced employees refused permit individual backpay suits state institutions found word history statute indicate purpose congress make possible citizen state another state sue state federal courts careful add moreover reading law make statute inclusion state institutions meaningless secretary labor empowered bring suit violators amendment covering state institutions gave authority enforce statute present act contrast history focusing directly question state liability congress considered firmly rejected suggestion immune fee awards moreover act part intricate regulatory scheme offering alternative methods obtaining relief act impose liability attorney fees meaning respect finally claims asserted employees edelman jordan based statute rooted congress art power see employees supra claim based fair labor standards act et seq edelman jordan supra underlying claim based social security act provisions dealing aid aged blind disabled case fitzpatrick bitzer claim based statute enacted enforce fourteenth amendment pointed fitzpatrick eleventh amendment principle state sovereignty embodies necessarily limited enforcement provisions fourteenth amendment congress acts pursuant exercising legislative authority plenary within terms constitutional grant exercising authority one section constitutional amendment whose sections terms embody limitations state authority attorney general hardly position argue fee awards borne state individual officers relied office protect interests throughout litigation nonetheless dissenting brethren apparently force officers bear award alone act authorizes attorney fee award even though appeal taken bad faith one denies appeals award thus proper question pay dissenters view eleventh amendment protects state liability state immunity extend individual officers dissenters apparently leave officers pay award whether officials reimbursed decision may safely left state involved post rehnquist dissenting manifestly unfair individual officers personal interest conduct state litigation defies insistence related context imposing personal liability absence bad faith may cause state officers exercise discretion undue timidity wood strickland justice brennan concurring join fully opinion write separately answer points made justice powell agree reason case decide whether ed authorizes awards attorney fees justice powell takes view however unless also authorizes damages awards requirements eleventh amendment met citing edelman jordan concludes authorize damages awards state accordingly either number difficulties syllogism striking reliance edelman jordan case whose foundations seem seriously undermined later holdings fitzpatrick bitzer monell new york city dept social services gainsaid edelman rejected argument intended create waiver state eleventh amendment immunity merely action brought section state officers rather state edelman decided affirmed monetary awards consented suit waived eleventh amendment immunity see petty bridge parden terminal employees missouri public health welfare edelman summarized rule cases follows question waiver consent eleventh amendment found cases turn whether congress intended abrogate immunity question whether state participation regulated activity authorized congress effect consented abrogation eleventh amendment immunity least consent found unless congress authorized suits class defendants literally includes ibid short jump proposition conclusion thought include natural persons among party defendants see monroe pape class statutes might lead waiver eleventh amendment immunity best summed justice rehnquist author edelman opinion fitzpatrick bitzer supra concluded none statutes relied upon plaintiffs edelman contained authorization congress join state defendant civil rights act held monroe pape exclude cities municipal corporations ambit case intended include parties defendant congress may determining appropriate legislation purpose enforcing provisions fourteenth amendment provide private suits state officials constitutionally impermissible contexts ibid moreover central holding monell conclusion act ch stat provided definition word person used describe class defendants suits although monell consider whether properly construed makes liable damages constitutional violations conclusion seems inescapable least includes among possible defendants class literally includes edelman jordan follows immediately language act acts hereafter passed word person may extend applied bodies politic corporate unless context shows words intended used limited sense given holding monell essential premise edelman holding statute involved edelman authorized suit class defendants literally includes clearly appear longer true moreover given fitzpatrick holding congress plenary power make liable damages acts pursuant fourteenth amendment surely least open question whether properly construed make liable relief kinds notwithstanding eleventh amendment whether fact must course await consideration appropriate case fitzpatrick noted issue ex parte virginia also questioned whether congress meant exempt municipalities liability necessarily follow congress also meant exempt state see monell new york city dept social services understand justice powell objection opinion rests squarely proposition clear statement make liable damages found legislative history face statute see post act statute face applies state defendants justice powell tells us enough still absence congressional purpose abrogate protections eleventh amendment post suppose means either statute meet eleventh amendment test alternatively justice powell undisclosed rule legislative history may taken account works defeat state liability justice powell chief justice joins concurring part dissenting part join parts opinion subscribe part reading eleventh amendment permitting awards state authority statute concededly effect express statutory waiver immunity ante edelman jordan rejected argument intended create waiver state eleventh amendment immunity merely action brought section state officers rather state action federal remedial power consistent eleventh amendment necessarily limited prospective injunctive relief may include retroactive award requires payment funds state treasury citations omitted indication language civil rights attorney fees awards act act pub stat ed congress sought overrule holding case edelman threshold fact congressional authorization sue class defendants literally includes wholly absent emphasis supplied absent authorization grounded statutory language sufficiently clear alert every voting member congress constitutional implications particular legislation undermine values federalism served eleventh amendment inferring congressional silence intent place new even enormous fiscal burdens employees missouri public health welfare notes committee reports defeat two proposed amendments indicate purpose authorize awards ante evidence might provide persuasive support finding waiver case involved congressional enactment terms authorized suit designated plaintiffs general class defendants literally included state instrumentalities edelman supra compare fitzpatrick bitzer employees supra sensitive area conflicting interests constitutional dimension permit items legislative history substitute explicit statutory language hesitant presume general congressional awareness sec sloan eleventh amendment consequences statute make express provision monetary recovery maintains act presents special case imposes attorney fees element costs traditionally awarded without regard constitutional immunity monetary liability ii congress acted pursuant enforcement power fourteenth amendment contrasted power general grants commerce clause find neither ground persuasive justification dilution clear statement rule notwithstanding limitations first ground justification see ante unwilling ignore otherwise applicable principles simply statute question imposes substantial monetary liability element costs counsel fees traditionally part routine litigation expenses assessed parties american courts cf alyeska pipeline service wilderness society arcambel wiseman dall quite unlike routine expenses award counsel fees may involve substantial sums charge intimately related mechanics litigation therefore accept assumption awards part ordinary discipline courtroom ante moreover awards viewed kind ancillary effect state treasury edelman avoids need explicit waiver eleventh amendment protections damages restitutory relief award counsel fees impose substantial burden state make unbudgeted disbursements satisfy obligation stemming past opposed activities stretches rationale edelman beyond recognition characterize awards necessary result compliance decrees terms prospective nature ibid case purely prospective decree budgeting take account expenditures entailed compliance state retains flexibility implementing decree may reduce impact state fisc situations fiscal considerations may induce state curtail activity triggering constitutional obligation contrast state must satisfy potentially substantial liability without measure flexibility available respect prospective relief second ground application diluted clear statement rule stems language fitzpatrick recognizing hen congress acts pursuant fourteenth amendment exercising legislative authority one section constitutional amendment whose sections terms embody limitations state authority view language overruling implication edelman holding waiver present quintessential fourteenth amendment measure disturbing vitality threshold requirement congressional authorization sue class defendants literally includes explicit authorization join state defendant fitzpatrick absent every part act given meaning without ascribing congress intention override eleventh amendment immunity dissent part opinion justice white justice rehnquist join opinion extent dissents opinion judgment principles emphasized justice rehnquist post limitation equitable remedies settled see dayton board education brinkman milliken bradley extraordinary facts case however agree limitation punitive isolation within bounds district discretion fashioning appropriate relief also evident opinion see ante limitation minimal effect prison administration area responsibility primarily reserved monell new york city dept social services held legislative history civil rights act compels conclusion congress intend municipalities local government units included among persons applies noted however basis concluding eleventh amendment bar municipal liability holding limited local government units considered part state eleventh amendment purposes emphasis original although fitzpatrick prerequisite congressional authorization sue state employer found wanting employees reference conclusion employees notwithstanding literal inclusion statutory employers certain contexts word history statute indicate purpose congress make possible citizen state another state sue state federal courts see edelman suggested legislative changes made state governments liable title vii closely paralleled changes made state governments liable fair labor standards act baker federalism eleventh amendment rev comparing fitzpatrick employees statute considered fitzpatrick made explicit reference availability private action state local governments event equal employment opportunity commission attorney general failed bring suit effect conciliation agreement equal opportunity employment act stat supp see pp pp pp conf pp making law unenforceable unless contrary intent apparent language statute clear statement rule ensure attempts limit state power unmistakable thereby structuring legislative process allow centrifugal forces congress greatest opportunity protect interests tribe intergovernmental immunities litigation taxation regulation separation powers issues controversies federalism harv rev emphasis supplied places undue reliance fairmont creamery minnesota support holding decision holds bar sovereign immunity prevents imposition costs state party litigation addition fact state party litigation discussion counsel fees fairmont creamery mention eleventh amendment furthermore held long individual appeals case initiated state appeal fall within eleventh amendment prohibition suit commenced prosecuted note attorneys fees eleventh amendment harv rev justice brennan concurring opinion asserts holding edelman undermined sub silentio fitzpatrick legislative history undertaken monell language question fitzpatrick essential holding case moreover position ignores fact edelman rests squarely eleventh amendment immunity without adverting terms treatment legislative history monroe pape nothing monroe supports proposition thought include natural persons among party defendants ante monroe held congress entertained doubts power impose civil liability municipalities believe word person used particular act include decision monell illustrates see supra statutory issue municipal liability quite independent question state constitutional immunity justice brennan opinion appears dispense clear statement requirement altogether position embrace today relies reference bodies politic dictionary act act stat adequate override constitutional immunity even though evidence congressional purpose abrogate protections eleventh amendment rulings edelman employees rendered obsolete provisions like dictionary act necessary expose monetary liability century jurisprudence thought liable damages edelman made clear measure override eleventh amendment give force prior eleventh amendment decisions requiring explicit legislation point suggests dissenting brethren apparently force individual officers bear award alone ante clear issue fairly embraced within questions presented us moreover suggestion opinion appeals intended award fees services appeal paid individual petitioners event eleventh amendment found bar award department correction see even question properly nothing act requires routine imposition liability anyone noted monell act allows prevailing parties discretion suits obtain attorney fees losing parties emphasis supplied congress deliberately rejected mandatory statute favor moderate approach left matter discretion judge guided course case law interpreting similar attorney fee provisions whether standard cases like wood strickland rejected respect liability see supra neither act legislative history prevents taking account personal culpability individual officer award government entity barred eleventh amendment understand observation act impose liability attorney fees meaning respect ante significantly say part act rendered meaningless without finding eleventh amendment waiver cf employees justice rehnquist dissenting affirmance district injunction prison practice shown violate constitution considered aberration light decisions recently last term carefully defining remedial discretion federal courts dayton board education brinkman milliken bradley milliken ii several theories advances support affirmance assessment attorney fees taxpayers arkansas sufficiently convincing overcome prohibition eleventh amendment accordingly dissent person ordinary feeling fail moved recitation conditions formerly prevailing arkansas prison system yet fear allowed moved beyond bounds limiting exercise remedial authority federal district courts purpose extent discretion another context carefully defined opinion last term milliken ii supra first place like equitable remedies nature desegregation remedy determined nature scope constitutional violation swann board education remedy must therefore related condition alleged offend constitution milliken bradley second decree must indeed remedial nature must designed nearly possible restore victims discriminatory conduct position occupied absence conduct third federal courts devising remedy must take account interests state local authorities managing affairs consistent constitution footnotes omitted certainly provision remedial sense restore victims discriminatory conduct position occupied absence conduct milliken bradley milliken sole effect provision grant future offenders prison discipline greater benefits constitution requires nothing remedy plight past victims conditions may well unconstitutional prison unlike school system students later grades may receive special instruction compensate discrimination subjected earlier grades milliken ii supra shown petitioners conduct collateral effect upon private actions district may seek compensate eliminate continuing effect past unconstitutional conduct see swann board education even remedial relief justified district may go necessary eliminate consequences official unconstitutional conduct dayton supra pasadena board education spangler swann supra asserted justification affirmance decree despite dissimilarity remedial decrees contexts mechanical therefore easily enforced method minimizing overcrowding ante conclusion fails adequately take account third consideration cited milliken ii interests state local authorities managing affairs consistent constitution prohibition extended punitive isolation practice shown inconsistent constitution defended difficulty policing district explicit injunction overcrowding inadequate diet found violative constitution even expansion remedial authority justified case defendants repeatedly contumacious case district dissatisfaction petitioners performance earlier direction make substantial start holt sarver supp ed ark alleviating unconstitutional conditions support inference petitioners prepared defy specific orders laid district challenged petitioners proper respect interests state local authorities managing affairs milliken ii requires opposite conclusion district order enjoins practice found inconsistent constitution ground injunction therefore prophylactic one assuring unconstitutional conduct occur future unitary system prison management much said rule neither federal entrusted management role constitution ii advances separate theories support separate awards attorney fees case first holds taxpayers arkansas may held responsible bad faith officials litigation district second concludes award fees appeals bad faith authorized civil rights attorney fees awards act pub stat first holding results totally unnecessary intrusion upon state conduct affairs second supportable earlier decisions outlining congressional authority abrogate protections eleventh amendment petitioners contest district finding acted bad faith reason occasion address nature showing necessary support award attorney fees bad faith alyeska pipeline service wilderness society issue us whether proper finding bad faith part state officials support award attorney fees directly state treasury doctrine edelman jordan doctrine recognized edelman necessary concomitant federal authority require state officials conform conduct dictates constitution state officials order shape official conduct mandate decrees likely spend money state treasury left free pursue previous course conduct today suggests federal may impose retroactive financial penalty upon state fails comply prospective relief previously validly ordered state agency refuses adhere order financial penalty may effective means insuring compliance ante application doctrine never recognized need case since shown petitioners refuse adhere order state jealous defense authority operate correctional system casually equated contempt even agree petitioners willfully defied federal decrees conclude award fees taxpayers arkansas justified since less intrusive means insuring respondents right relief sufficient order award fees defendants acting official capacity personally responsible recalcitrance district wishes penalize reason federal courts engage speculation whether imposition fine state less intrusive sending high state officials jail ibid long rights plaintiffs authority district amply vindicated award fees matter concern whether fees paid state officials personally state arkansas legislature already made statutory provision deciding officials shall reimbursed state judgments ordered federal courts ark act presents persuasive reason conclusion decision must pay fees may safely left state involved insists ante manifestly unfair leave individual state officers pay award counsel fees rather permitting collection directly state treasury petitioners contest district finding acted bad faith thus insistence unfair impose attorney fees individually rings somewhat hollow even case equities strongly favor individual state officials opposed state entity case possibility individual liability damages state official state held liable old ex parte young repeatedly reaffirmed decisions great northern life insurance read ford motor department treasury edelman jordan supra since evidences disagreement line cases assertion unfairness doubtful fact also irrelevant matter law likewise fear imposition liability inhibit state officials fearless exercise duties may remedied deemed desirable legislation various similar arkansas already enacted reasons stated dissenting portion brother powell opinion join agree civil rights attorney fees awards act considered valid congressional abrogation state eleventh amendment immunity addition serious reservations lack analysis accompanying transposition holding fitzpatrick bitzer case fitzpatrick held fourteenth amendment congress explicitly allow recovery state agencies without violating eleventh amendment fitzpatrick supra conceded violation equal protection clause contained haec verba language fourteenth amendment case claimed constitutional violation infliction cruel unusual punishment expressly prohibited eighth fourteenth amendment held fourteenth amendment incorporates prohibition cruel unusual punishment clear follows congress enforcement power respect constitutional provision merely judicially incorporated fourteenth amendment respect provision placed amendment drafters therefore reverse judgment appeals entirety justice white joins part ii opinion suggests ante holding consistent milliken ii remedying present effects violation past seeking bring ongoing violation immediate halt suggestion wide mark whether exercising authority remed present effects violation past seeking bring ongoing violation immediate halt remedial authority remains circumscribed language quoted text milliken ii anything less ingenuity discretion appear required bring ongoing violation immediate halt remedying present effects violation past difficulty position quite properly refrains characterizing solitary confinement period excess days cruel unusual punishment given position remedial order solitary confinement may take place necessarily prophylactic nature essential bring ongoing violation immediate halt reserve judgment whether precautionary order justified state officials shown violated previous remedial orders also note similarity decree majority minority requirement found impermissible pasadena board education spangler even though might defended theory easily enforceable mechanism preventing future acts official discrimination event apparent district consider order form retroactive discipline supporting previous orders concluded allowance fee may incline department act manner protracted litigation prisons necessary supp ed ark appear desire weaken petitioners future resistance legitimate use alyeska doctrine permitting award attorney fees past acts bad faith true fees may awarded ed even absence bad faith statute leaves decision award fees discretion district may expected alleviate possible unfairness