· 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
How courts have described this case
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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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