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· 12/21/1961

Gross v. Washington State Ferries

Citations

  • 367 P.2d 600
  • 59 Wash. 2d 241
  • 1961 Wash. LEXIS 497

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • State may not claim sovereign immunity in State court against Fair Labor Standards Act claim where suit barred by Eleventh Amendment in Federal court
  • notice provision, as well as all other limits contained in State law waiving immunity, applies to general admiralty and Jones Act claims
  • Jones Act claim against state actor barred by plaintiffs failure to give notice of claim within 30 days as required by state Tort Claims Act: “The doctrine of a state’s sovereign immunity from suit without its consent applies in actions in admiralty.”

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Judges: Weaver

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