United States v. Torres (In Re Torres)

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• holding that “sovereign immunity bars awards for emotional distress damages against the federal government under [11 U.S.C.]§ 105(a) for any willful violation of [11 U.S.C.]§ 524, and that immunity is not waived by [11 U.S.C.]§ 106”
• first quoting Dep't of the Army v. Blue Fox, Inc., 525 U.S. 225, 261 (1999); and then quoting Orff v. United States, 545 U.S. 596, 601-602 (2005)
• \Congress is presumed to know the content of background law.\
• “The fact that here we are operating under § 158(d) rather than § 1291 makes little difference . . . given the great similarity between an adversary proceeding in bankruptcy and an ordinary civil action.” (quotation marks and alteration omitted)

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