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2025 term · Roberts Court · 9-0

Galette v. New Jersey Transit Corp.

607 U.S. 509

The record

Term
2025
Decided
Issue area
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Vote split
9-0
Winning party
—
Decision direction
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Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
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Docket
24-1021
U.S. Reports
607 U.S. 509
S. Ct. citation
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LEXIS citation
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Opinion by
Sonia Sotomayor

Holding

The New Jersey Transit Corporation is not an arm of the State of New Jersey and thus is not entitled to share in New Jersey’s interstate sovereign immunity.

Syllabus summary as published on the Supreme Court’s opinions list.

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Galette v. New Jersey Transit Corp.
JusticeVote
Sonia SotomayorMajority
John G. RobertsMajority
Elena KaganMajority
Clarence ThomasMajority
Samuel AlitoMajority
Neil GorsuchMajority
Brett KavanaughMajority
Amy Coney BarrettMajority
Ketanji Brown JacksonMajority