Moroney v. Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor

Motion by the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor to dismiss the complaint in an action for false arrest and defamation is granted and the complaint is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. As a joint agency of the States of New York and New Jersey created under compact between these States (L. 1953, ch. 882; N. J. Stat., § 32:23-1 et seq.) and absent the imposition of liability under the terms pursuant to which Congress consented to the Compact (Act of August 12, 1953; 67 U. S. Stat. 541), the commission is immune to suit without express legislative consent. The United States Supreme…