Legal Opinion
Georgia Ports Authority v. Lawyer
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 1, 2018No. S17G1951Published
1Opinion of the Court
304 Ga. 667
FINAL COPY S17G1951. GEORGIA PORTS AUTHORITY v. LAWYER. BLACKWELL, Justice. We granted a petition for a writ of certiorari in this case to reconsider Hines v. Georgia Ports Authority,
278 Ga. 631
( 604 SE2d 189) (2004), and more specifically, its holding that the Georgia Ports Authority is not an “arm of the state” and has, therefore, no sovereign immunity from a lawsuit in a state court to recover damages under federal maritime law for the tort of a Ports Authority employee. There are several reasons to doubt the soundness of Hines. Most significantly, our decision in Hines was…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- Alden v. MaineSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
- Regents of University of California v. DoeSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Hess v. Port Authority Trans-Hudson CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Ex Parte State of New York, No. 1Supreme Court of the United States · 1921
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