Lance Raygor and James Goodchild v. Regents of the University of Minnesota, et al.

Decided February 27, 2002. Sandra Day O'Connor delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 00-1514 · 534 U.S. 533 (2002) · Cited 286 times

Holding

Section 1367(d) does not toll the limitations period for state law claims asserted against nonconsenting state defendants that are dismissed on Eleventh Amendment grounds.

The Court’s statement of the holding, from the opinion’s syllabus. The syllabus is prepared by the Reporter of Decisions and is not part of the opinion of the Court — read the official opinion for authority.

How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.

Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Irwin v. Department of Veterans Affairs · 498 U.S. 89 (1990)
• Alden v. Maine · 527 U.S. 706 (1999)
• Gregory v. Ashcroft · 501 U.S. 452 (1991)
• Will v. Michigan Department of State Police · 491 U.S. 58 (1989)
• Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman · 465 U.S. 89 (1984)
• Atascadero State Hospital v. Scanlon · 473 U.S. 234 (1985)
• Vermont Agency of Natural Resources v. United States Ex Rel. Stevens · 529 U.S. 765 (2000)
• Kimel v. Florida Board of Regents · 528 U.S. 62 (2000)
• College Savings Bank v. Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board · 527 U.S. 666 (1999)
• Finley v. United States · 490 U.S. 545 (1989)
• United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs · 383 U.S. 715 (1966)
• United States v. Bass · 404 U.S. 336 (1971)
• Wisconsin Department of Corrections v. Schacht · 524 U.S. 381 (1998)
• Blatchford v. Native Village of Noatak · 501 U.S. 775 (1991)
• Edelman v. Jordan · 415 U.S. 651 (1974)
• Holmberg v. Armbrecht · 327 U.S. 392 (1946)
• Davis v. Michigan Department of the Treasury · 489 U.S. 803 (1989)
• Felder v. Casey · 487 U.S. 131 (1988)
• Block v. North Dakota Ex Rel. Board of University & School Lands · 461 U.S. 273 (1983)
• Geier v. American Honda Motor Co. · 529 U.S. 861 (2000)
• Nevada v. Hall · 440 U.S. 410 (1979)
• Boggs v. Boggs · 520 U.S. 833 (1997)
• Testa v. Katt · 330 U.S. 386 (1947)
• Dellmuth v. Muth · 491 U.S. 223 (1989)
• Yellow Freight System, Inc. v. Donnelly · 494 U.S. 820 (1990)
• United States v. Mottaz · 476 U.S. 834 (1986)
• Beers Ex Rel. Platenius v. Arkansas · 61 U.S. 527 (1858)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Clark v. Martinez · 543 U.S. 371 (2005)
• Spector v. Norwegian Cruise Line Ltd. · 545 U.S. 119 (2005)
• Ali v. Federal Bureau of Prisons · 552 U.S. 214 (2008)
• Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation v. Hood · 541 U.S. 440 (2004)
• Small v. United States · 544 U.S. 385 (2005)
• Jinks v. Richland County · 538 U.S. 456 (2003)
• Nixon v. Missouri Municipal League · 541 U.S. 125 (2004)

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