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· 6/9/1998

Wyoming Department of Transportation v. Straight (In Re Straight)

Citations

  • 143 F.3d 1387
  • 1998 Colo. J. C.A.R. 2905
  • 40 Collier Bankr. Cas. 2d 353
  • 15 Colo. Bankr. Ct. Rep. 291
  • 1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 12124
  • 32 Bankr. Ct. Dec. (CRR) 877
  • 1998 WL 300112

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that “the proofs of claim filed by the State and the motion filed by Mrs. Straight arose out of the same transaction or occurrence — the Debtor’s business”
  • \the Fourteenth Amendment allows debtors to enforce the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code in federal court notwithstanding the States' Eleventh Amendment immunity.\
  • proof of claim filed by one state agency in bankruptcy proceeding served as waiver for entire state in that proceeding
  • applying de novo review to sovereign immunity holding
  • applying de novo review to sovereign immunity holding

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Judges: Seymour, Porfilio, Henry

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