Legal Opinion
Schultz v. Greater New Orleans Expressway Commission
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided February 1, 1966No. Civ. A. 15499PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AINSWORTH, District Judge.
The question for decision is whether the Greater New Orleans Expressway Commission, a joint commission created by the Parishes of St. Tammany and Jefferson in the State of Louisiana, is immune as a state agency to a diversity tort suit filed in a federal court.
This is one of a series of cases growing out of a collision on June 16, 1964 between the tow of the tug REBEL, JR. with the Greater New Orleans Expressway which spans the navigable waters of Lake Pontchartrain. Two spans of the Expressway collapsed as a result, and a Continental Trailways bus traveling on the…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Petty v. Tennessee-Missouri Bridge CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Lincoln County v. LuningSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Smith v. ReevesSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Hopkins v. Clemson Agricultural College of South CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Highway Comm. of Wyoming v. Utah Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1929
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Pendergrass v. Greater New Orleans Expressway CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1998
- Adams v. Harris County, TexasDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1970
- Usry v. Louisiana Dept. of HighwaysDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1978
- Lezina v. Fourth Jefferson Drainage DistrictLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1966
- Belle Fontaine Towing Co. v. Department of HighwaysDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1967
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