Court Opinion

ID: 9940687
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Date Created: 2024-02-14 22:09:22.597661+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:45:36.586878
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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
                              EASTERN DISTRICT

 CEDRIC GALETTE                                 : No. 204 EAL 2023
                                                :
                                                :
              v.                                : Petition for Allowance of Appeal
                                                : from the Order of the Superior Court
                                                :
 NJ TRANSIT AND JULIE E. MCCREY                 :
                                                :
                                                :
 PETITION OF: NJ TRANSIT                        :

                                        ORDER

PER CURIAM

      AND NOW, this 14th day of February, 2024, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal

is GRANTED, LIMITED TO the issues set forth below. Allocatur is DENIED as to the

remaining issue. The issues, rephrased for clarity, are:

   (1) Whether guidance by this Court is necessary when the Superior Court issued an
       opinion that New Jersey Transit is not an arm of the State of New Jersey,
       conflicting with its own prior decision in Flamer v. New Jersey Transit Bus
       Operations, 607 A.2d 260 (Pa. Super. 1992) and thereby creating inconsistent
       precedent?
   (2) Whether guidance by this Court is necessary when the Superior Court disregarded
       the persuasive authority of Karns v. Shanahan, 879 F.3d 504 (3rd. Cir. 2018) and
       instead misinterpreted and misapplied Goldman v. SEPTA, 57 A.3d 1154 (Pa.
       2012) to issue an opinion that New Jersey Transit is not an arm of the state of New
       Jersey and therefore not entitled to Eleventh Amendment Sovereign Immunity?
   (3) Whether guidance by this Court is necessary because the issue of whether New
       Jersey Transit is an arm of the state of New Jersey entitled to Eleventh Amendment
       Sovereign Immunity under the United States Constitution in accordance with
       Franchise Tax Board of California v. Hyatt, 139 S.Ct. 1485 (U.S. 2019), is an issue
       of first impression in this Court?
      The parties are directed to address Marshall v. Southeastern Pennsylvania

Transp., Authority, 300 A.3d 537 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2023).

      The Application for Leave to File Post-Submission Communication pursuant to

Pa.R.A.P. § 2501 is DENIED.

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