· 10/29/2001
Arecibo Community Health Care, Inc. v. Commonwealth Of Puerto Rico
Citations
- 270 F.3d 17
- 2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 23202
- 38 Bankr. Ct. Dec. (CRR) 166
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- relying also on Gardner, Langenkamp, and Katchen to hold that when instrumentalities of Puerto Rico filed a proof of claim in bankruptcy court, that state had waived “its Eleventh Amendment immunity by availing itself of the jurisdiction of the federal courts”
- “[Section] 106(b) validly waives a state’s Eleventh Amendment immunity with respect to the full amount of any compulsory counterclaims.”
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