FEENEY v. PORT AUTHORITY TRANS-HUDSON CORP.

No. 711, Docket 88-7797.

873 F.2d 628 (1989)

Patrick FEENEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PORT AUTHORITY TRANS-HUDSON CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided April 26, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Miller, Islip, N.Y. (Peter M.J. Reilly, O'Hagan & Reilly, Islip, N.Y., of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

Arthur P. Berg, New York City, (Joseph Lesser, Anne M. Tannenbaum, New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellee.

Before KEARSE and WINTER, Circuit Judges, and SWEET, District Judge.


WINTER, Circuit Judge:

The sole issue in this case is whether the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey ("Port Authority") is immune from suit in federal courts by virtue of the Eleventh Amendment.1 We conclude that the Eleventh Amendment immunity either does not extend to the defendant or has been waived.

The appellant, Patrick Feeney, is an employee of the Port Authority Trans-Hudson...

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