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· 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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