Legal Opinion
Smith v. Louisiana, Department of Wildlife & Fisheries
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided May 7, 1984No. Civ. No. 83-5868Published
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
FELDMAN, District Judge.
Virginia and Robert J. Smith brought this action for damages under the Jones Act, general maritime law and Louisiana law for injuries sustained while he was assigned to a vessel in the course of his duties as an agent for the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. Smith alleges that the injury occurred while he was inspecting a vessel which was stopped for illegal shrimp trawling.
*610Defendants, the State of Louisiana and the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, moved to dismiss the plaintiffs’ claims. They assert that the Eleventh…
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- Ex Parte State of New York, No. 1Supreme Court of the United States · 1921
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