Legal Opinion
Barletta v. Golden Nugget Hotel Casino
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided February 6, 1985No. Civ. A. No. 83-0119PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COHEN, Senior District Judge.
This tort and civil rights action is presently before the Court on a motion to dismiss made on behalf of one of the third party defendants, Detective John Sheeran, a member of the New Jersey State Police Department. Sheeran’s motion is based entirely upon an ■ assertion of Eleventh Amendment immunity.1
This is another installment in a series of tort cases which has evolved on a busy casino floor, amid the fervor generated by one of the "comparatively innocuous” forms of gambling. See Champion v. Ames, 188 U.S. 321, 356, 23 S.Ct. 321, 327, 47 L.Ed. 492…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Scheuer v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Ex Parte YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. HaldermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Edelman v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
25 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by1 opinion
- Stretton v. DISCIPLINARY BD. OF S. CT OF PA.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1991