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LAKE COUNTRY ESTATES v. TAHOE PLANNING AGCY.

No. 77-1327.

440 U.S. 391 (1979)

99 S.Ct. 1171

59 L.Ed.2d 401

LAKE COUNTRY ESTATES, INC., ET AL. v. TAHOE REGIONAL PLANNING AGENCY ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 5, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Bartko argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Gary H. Moore, James B. Lewis, John S. Burd, and Joseph M. Lynn.

Kenneth C. Rollston argued the cause and filed a brief for respondents Tahoe Regional Planning Agency et al. E. Clement Shute, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent State of California. With him on the brief were Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, and Leonard M. Sperry, Jr., Deputy Attorney General. Robert Frank List, Attorney General, and James H. Thompson, Chief Deputy Attorney General, filed a brief for respondent State of Nevada. Reginald Littrell filed a brief for respondents Henry et al.

MR. JUSTICE STEVENS delivered the opinion of the Court.

We granted certiorari to decide whether the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, an entity created by Compact between California and Nevada, is entitled to the immunity that the Eleventh Amendment provides to the compacting States themselves.1 436 U.S. 943. The case also presents the question whether the individual members of the Agency's governing body are entitled to absolute immunity...

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