F.Supp. 938 (S.D.Tex.1970). Contra, Red Star Towing & Transp. Co. v. Dept. of Transportation of N. J., 423 F.2d 104 (3rd Cir. 1970). Cf., Parden v. Terminal Railway, 377 U.S. 184, 84 S.Ct. 1207, 12 L.Ed.2d 233 (1964); Petty v. Tennessee-Missouri Bridge Comm., 359 U.S. 275, 79 S.Ct. 785, 3 L.Ed.2d 804 (1959). 10 . In almost all the cases on this subject the Court has found, an admiralty court has never apjdied state immunity law to defeat an otherwise meritorious cause of action against an agency or political subdivision of the state. In re M/T Alva Cape, 405 F.2d 962 (2d Cir. 1969); Kelley Island Line & Transport Co. v. City of Cleveland, 47 F.Supp. 523 (N.D.Ohio 1942); 1 Benedict on Admiralty, § 210 (6 ed. 1940). Contra, Broward County, Fla. v. Wickman, 195 F.2d 614 (5th Cir. 1952)
holding that florida county enjoys same immunity that state does holding county clerk sued in official capacity was entitled to the immunity the county enjoyed recognizing that the state enjoys sovereign immunity in regard to tort actions unless the legislature waived immunity pursuant to a specific statute holding a county and a road district had standing to sue state highway commission and county tax collector based on their interest in and control over the public roads of the county holding that the lehigh county sheriff is a county officer rather than a state officer