RAINEY v. WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY

No. 97-CV-60152-AA.

26 F.Supp.2d 973 (1998)

Jocelyn E. RAINEY, Plaintiff, v. WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Michigan, Southern Division.

September 10, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O'Neal O. Wright, O'Neal O. Wright Assoc., Detroit, MI, for Jocelyn E. Rainey.

William G. Abbatt, Robert C. Brandenburg, Brooks & Kushman, Southfield, MI, for Wayne State University, Peter Williams, Mercedes Benz of North America, Inc., Daimler Benz AG a/k/a Daimler Benz.


OPINION AND ORDER

STEEH, District Judge.

Defendants Wayne State University (WSU) and WSU professor Peter Williams have filed a motion for partial summary judgment based on the doctrine of sovereign immunity stemming from the Eleventh Amendment. Plaintiff has filed a response which does not address sovereign immunity, as it has been interpreted in the federal context, but rather, improperly addresses state law immunity principles. For the reasons set...

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