Coleman v. Court of Appeals of Maryland
| Coleman v. Court of Appeals of Maryland | |
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| Decided March 20, 2012 | |
| Full case name | Coleman v. Court of Appeals of Maryland |
| Citations | 566 U.S. 30 (more) |
| Holding | |
| Suits under the FMLA's self-care provision are barred by sovereign immunity. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Kennedy |
| Concurrence | Scalia (in judgment) |
| Concurrence | Thomas |
| Dissent | Ginsburg, joined by Breyer; Sotomayor, Kagan (all but footnote 1) |
| Laws applied | |
| Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 | |
Coleman v. Court of Appeals of Maryland, 566 U.S. 30 (2012), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court held that suits under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993's self-care provision are barred by sovereign immunity. The act allows an employee to take up to 12 weeks off of work to deal with their own serious health condition. However, in this case, a person could not sue the government for an alleged violation of this on gender-discrimination grounds because nobody can sue the government for a violation of that part of the law at all.