Legal Opinion
Parden v. Terminal Railway of Alabama State Docks Department
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 22, 1964No. 157PublishedCited by 643 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brennan
The question in this case is whether a State that owns and operates a railroad in interstate commerce may successfully plead sovereign immunity in a federal-court suit brought against the railroad by its employee under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act.
Petitioners, citizens of the State of Alabama, brought suit in the Federal District Court for the Southern District of Alabama against respondent Terminal Railway of the Alabama State Docks Department. They alleged that the Railway was a “common carrier by railroad . . . engaging in commerce between any of the several States” within the…
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