Legal Opinion
Timothy J. Collins v. State of Alaska and Division of Marine Highway Systems
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 28, 1987No. 85-3874, 85-3915PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:
Collins presents us with two interesting questions. The first is whether the Eleventh Amendment bars a seaman’s suit against a state emplpyer in federal court. The second is whether a seamen’s union can trade its members’ traditional maritime remedies for remedies under a workers’ compensation system. Because of our answer to the first question, we do not answer the second.
BACKGROUND
In December 1983, Collins was injured working as a seaman aboard the Columbia, an ocean-going ferry owned and operated by the State of Alaska and its Division of Marine Highway…
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