Legal Opinion
Feary v. Regional Transit Authority
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided May 18, 1988No. Civ. A. No. 88-0152PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER AND REASONS
CHARLES SCHWARTZ, Jr., District Judge.
This matter came before the Court on May 18, 1988 for hearing on defendant’s motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Neither counsel appeared at the hearing, and the Court took the motion under submission. For the following reasons, the Court now DENIES the motion.
This is a diversity personal injury case. Plaintiff, a New Zealand citizen, was allegedly hit by a streetcar owned and operated by the Regional Transit Authority (“RTA”) and now sues the RTA for money damages. The RTA raises the defense of Eleventh Amendment…
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3Cited by4 opinions
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- Russell Bolden, in No. 90-1478 v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, in 90-1435 v. Transport Workers Union of Philadelphia, Local 234, Transport Workers Union of America Afl/cio, Appellee/cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1991