Article: San Diego Court Employees to Pursue Suit Against Superior Court - in Superior Court.

SAN DIEGO -- Following a December 3 ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California that the federal court has no jurisdiction to hear its case, the San Diego County Court Employees Association will proceed with a state suit against the San Diego County Superior Court, for failing to pay overtime and compensatory time off in violation of the court employees' contract, in the same Superior Court it's suing. The federal district court ruled that the Superior Court is a state entity and therefore immune from federal lawsuits brought by individuals, under the Constitution's Eleventh Amendment.

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