Maryland v. Antonelli Creditors' Liquidating Trust

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• holding that a bankruptcy court’s power to entertain a plan Confirmation Order derives not from jurisdiction over the state or other creditors, “but rather from jurisdiction over debtors and their estates”
• holding that a bankruptcy court's power to entertain a plan Confirmation Order derives not from jurisdiction over the state or other creditors, \but rather from jurisdiction over debtors and their estates\
• commencement of an adversary proceeding would “amount to the exercise of federal judicial power to hale a state into federal court against its will and in violation of the Eleventh Amendment.”
• commencement of an adversary proceeding would \amount to the exercise of federal judicial power to hale a state into federal court against its will and in violation of the Eleventh Amendment.\
• determination of whether reorganization plan complied with federal law was not a suit; when defining the rights and disposition of the estate, it collaterally affects the rights of virtually every party related to the estate— even if one happens to be a state

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