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· 3/22/2000

In Re National Cattle Congress

Citations

  • 247 B.R. 259
  • 43 Collier Bankr. Cas. 2d 1685
  • 2000 Bankr. LEXIS 308
  • 35 Bankr. Ct. Dec. (CRR) 251
  • 2000 WL 340300

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  • concluding that Congress has not unequivocally abrogated the Tribe’s sovereign immunity to suit under the Bankruptcy Code and noting that the “Code makes no specific mention of Indian tribes”
  • for sovereign immunity purposes, suits are defined by looking to the essential nature and effect of the proceeding
  • for sovereign immunity purposes, suits are defined by looking to the essential nature and effect of the proceeding
  • Congress may abrogate sovereign immunity by express statutory language, and Section 106(a) has “been found to effectively abrogate the sovereign immunity of foreign states.”

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Judges: Paul J. Kilburg

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