{"identifier":"/us/usc/t20/s1403","title":20,"num":"\u00a7\u202f1403.","heading":"Abrogation of State sovereign immunity","text":"\u00a7\u202f1403.\nAbrogation of State sovereign immunity\n(a)\nIn general\nA State shall not be immune under the 11th amendment to the Constitution of the United States from suit in Federal court for a violation of this chapter.\n(b)\nRemedies\nIn a suit against a State for a violation of this chapter, remedies (including remedies both at law and in equity) are available for such a violation to the same extent as those remedies are available for such a violation in the suit against any public entity other than a State.\n(c)\nEffective date\nSubsections (a) and (b) apply with respect to violations that occur in whole or part after\nOctober 30, 1990","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t20/s1403.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t20/s1403","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f1403."},{"t":"heading","text":"Abrogation of State sovereign immunity"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t20/s1403/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"In general"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"A State shall not be immune under the 11th amendment to the Constitution of the United States from suit in Federal court for a violation of this chapter.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t20/s1403/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Remedies"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"In a suit against a State for a violation of this chapter, remedies (including remedies both at law and in equity) are available for such a violation to the same extent as those remedies are available for such a violation in the suit against any public entity other than a State.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t20/s1403/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Effective date"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"Subsections (a) and (b) apply with respect to violations that occur in whole or part after ","children":[{"t":"text","text":"October 30, 1990","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}