Legal Opinion
Johnson v. State of New Jersey
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided November 30, 1994No. Civ. A. 94-3600PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WOLIN, District Judge.
This matter comes before the Court on the motion of certain defendants to dismiss the complaint pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. Defendants State of New Jersey, New Jersey Superior Court, Administrative Office of the Courts and four state court judges argue that the doctrines of judicial immunity and sovereign immunity warrant dismissal of the complaint as to them.
This motion raises several complex issues of Eleventh Amendment jurisprudence, many, of which are issues of first…
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