· 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
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- 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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