123, 28 S.Ct. 441, 52 L.Ed. 714 (1908), the Supreme Court recognized an important exception to Eleventh Amendment sovereign immunity. Under the doctrine established in Young, Eleventh Amendment immunity does not bar some suits for prospective injunctive relief against state officials acting in their official capacities. Coeur dAlene Tribe, — U.S. at -, 117 S.Ct. at 2034. Young applies in two types of cases. The first, not implicated here, is when a litigant has no forum other than federal court in which to redress an alleged violation of rights. See id. at-, 117 S.Ct. at 2035. The second type of case to which Young applies is where the plaintiff seeks relief that requires the interpretation of federal law. Id. at -, 117 S.Ct. at 2036. The Court has recognized tha 39 L.Ed.2d 662 (1974) (<HOLDING>). On the other hand, “[a]n allegation of an
holding that plaintiffs complaint against tribal officials was barred under doctrine of sovereign immunity because the officials votes individually had no legal effect and it was the official action of the band following the officials votes that caused plaintiffs injuries holding an exception to eleventh amendment immunity inapplicable in a suit against state officials on the basis of state law holding that plaintiffs claim was not barred by sovereign immunity because he sought specific relief against a government official holding that state could not assert sovereign immunity defense where the state had waived immunity in state court and agreed to remove suit to federal court holding that sovereign immunity barred a suit against state officials when the relief sought required state officials to retroactively pay federal benefits