Legal Opinion
Welch v. State Department of Highways & Public Transportation
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided March 1, 1982No. Civ. A. H-81-2593PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
CIRE, District Judge.
Before the Court is a motion to dismiss filed by Defendants the State of Texas and its State Department of Highways and Public Transportation. For the reasons indicated below, the Court is of the opinion that this motion should be GRANTED. The Court therefore ORDERS that the Jones Act claims of Plaintiff against the State of Texas and its Department of Highways and Public Transportation are DISMISSED with prejudice.
Plaintiff brought this suit in admiralty against the State of Texas and its State Department of Highways and Public Transportation (DHPT)…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Ex Parte YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Edelman v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Quern v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Hans v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Hutto v. FinneySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Welch v. Texas Department of Highways & Public TransportationSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Jean E. Welch v. State Department of Highways and Public Transportation and the State of Texas, Drott Manufacturing Company and J.I. Case Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- Jean E. Welch v. State Department of Highways and Public Transportation and the State of Texas, Drott Manufacturing Company and J.I. Case Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- Kevin Wayne Sullivan v. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources and the Research Vessel "Anna"Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
- Brody v. North CarolinaDistrict Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1983
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