The Court holds that New Jersey Transit is not an arm of New Jersey and so cannot claim the State's interstate sovereign immunity when it is sued in another State's courts. New Jersey built it as a legally separate corporation that can sue and be sued and is responsible for its own debts and judgments, and the State's substantial control over it does not change that.
CASE: Galette v. New Jersey Transit Corp.
AUTHOR: Sotomayor, J.
DECIDED: 2026-03-04
OPINION: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/607us2r18_d18f.pdf
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