Legal Opinion
Northern Ins. Co. of NY v. Chatham County
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 25, 2006No. 04-1618PublishedCited by 159 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thomas
Petitioner Northern Insurance Company of New York (Northern) filed suit against respondent Chatham County, Georgia (County), in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, seeking damages resulting from an alleged tort committed by employees of the County. The District Court granted the County’s motion for summary judgment on the ground that the suit was barred by sovereign immunity. Relying on Circuit precedent, the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed. We granted certiorari to consider “[wjhether an entity that does not qualify as an ‘arm of the…
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