United States Eleventh Circuit
Asociacion de Empleados v. Panama Canal Comm'n, 05-12974
Dismissal of action seeking back pay and other employment benefits is affirmed where: 1) the suit against the Panama Canal Commission and Office of Transition Administration abated when Congress terminated these entities; and 2) sovereign immunity precludes substitution of the General Services Administration as a defendant.
Appellate Information
- Decided 06/28/2006
- Published 06/28/2006
Judges
- BLACK, Circuit Judge:, Before BLACK, BARKETT and COX, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Eleventh Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Stephen Frederick Rosenthal, Podhurst Orseck, P.A., Miami, FL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
- For Appellees:
- Howard S. Scher, William Kanter, U.S. Dept. of Justice, App. Staff, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees.