WALKER v. TRANSPORT OF NEW JERSEY

Civ. A. No. 81-4135.

534 F.Supp. 719 (1982)

Phyllis WALKER, et al. v. TRANSPORT OF NEW JERSEY, et al.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

March 23, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gene D. Cohen, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs.

Robert B. Mulhern, Swartz, Campbell & Detweiler, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM

GILES, District Judge.

Plaintiffs brought this diversity action alleging that defendant's negligence injured plaintiffs while passengers on defendant's bus. Defendant moves to dismiss on the ground of eleventh-amendment immunity. For the reasons which follow, the motion will be granted.

Defendant's argument is simple. It contends that it is a department or agency of the state of New Jersey...

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