and its members of property and liberty interest[s] without due process of law, and a violation of the provisions of the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution.
[Second Amended Complaint, Doc. # 47, para. 29].
The Tribe's assertion of jurisdiction through its § 1983 cause of action is unavailing to rescue this action from the bar imposed by the Eleventh Amendment. In *1553 effect, the Tribe is attempting to sue the Governor in his official capacity under § 1983 to secure the State's compliance with the Indian Gaming Regulation Act through him as its agent.
As the Supreme Court has recently pointed out in another context,
official capacity suits "`generally represent only another way of pleading an action against an entity of which an officer is an agent.'" ... A suitAbout the Author

Catherine Kautsky is an active performer lauded by the New York Times as a pianist whose “music spoke directly to the listener, with neither obfuscation nor pretense.” She is chair of the keyboard department at Lawrence Universityin Appleton, Wisconsin, and previously chaired the keyboard department at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, winning honors at both institutions for research, performance, and teaching. She has played and taught across the United States, as well as in Asia, Africa, South America, and Europe, and is known for the lively commentary that accompanies her music. A sabbatical year spent in Paris stimulated her interest in all things French, and thus this book was born. Its musical counterpart is a CD of the complete Debussy Preludes recently issued by Centaur.

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