The following excerpt is from BV Engineering v. University of California, Los Angeles, 8 USPQ2d 1421, 858 F.2d 1394 (9th Cir. 1988):
BV also argues that the policies behind the Eleventh Amendment are not implicated in this case. These policies include preventing a drain on state treasuries, see Edelman v. Jordan, 415 U.S. 651, 663-68, 94 S.Ct. 1347, 1355-58, 39 L.Ed.2d 662 (1974), and limiting the jurisdiction of the federal courts. See Atascadero, 473 U.S. at 242-43, 105 S.Ct. at 3147-47. The first policy is not at issue here because the states can avoid a drain on the treasury
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