Legal Opinion
Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority v. Metcalf & Eddy, Inc.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 12, 1993No. 91-1010PublishedCited by 2,064 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
The question before the Court is whether a district court order denying a claim by a State or a state entity to Eleventh Amendment immunity from suit in federal court may be appealed under the collateral order doctrine of Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp., 337 U. S. 541 (1949). We conclude that it may.
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Petitioner, the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA), is “an autonomous government instrumentality” which functions to “provide to the inhabitants of Puerto Rico an adequate drinking water, sanitary sewage service and any other service or facility proper or incidental…
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