Legal Opinion
Blakstad v. Board of Commissioners
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided May 20, 1965No. 6725PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AINSWORTH, District Judge:
Presented for decision in this case is the applicability of the sovereign immunity provisions of the Eleventh Amendment to the Federal Constitution, in regard to the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans, an agency of the State of Louisiana.
Libelant, Prebensen & Blakstad, as owner of the Norwegian SS FOLKE BERNADOTTE has alleged (and for the purposes of this motion it is taken as true1) that the vessel was damaged by respondent’s negligent operation of certain machinery while cargo was being discharged at respondent’s Bulk Handling Facility in the Port of…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Kossick v. United Fruit Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Shirey v. CampbellLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1963
- Carlisle v. Parish of East Baton RougeLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1959
- State Ex Rel. Shell Oil Co. v. Register of State Land OfficeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1939
- Fouchaux v. Board of Com'rsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1939
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3Cited by9 opinions
- United States v. Georgia-Pacific CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1970
- C. H. Leavell & Company v. Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans and Department of Highways, State of LouisianaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- STATE ETC. v. National Advertising Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1978
- BOARD OF COM'RS OF PORT OF NEW ORLEANS v. Splendour Shipping & Ent. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1971
- Principe Compania Naviera, SA v. Board of Com'rs of Port of New OrleansDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1971
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