United States Ninth Circuit

When a state or an "arm of the state" files a proof of claim in a bankruptcy proceeding, the state waives its Eleventh Amendment immunity with regard to the bankruptcy estate's claims that arise from the same transaction or occurrence as the state's claim.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/08/1999
• Decided 01/12/2001
• Published 01/12/2001

Judges

• WARDLAW, Circuit Judge:, Before:  BROWNING, THOMAS, and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Mark Browning, Assistant Attorney General, Bankruptcy & Collections Division, Austin, TX, for amici curiae states., John R. Ellis, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Seattle, Washington, for amici curiae states.


• For Appellees:
  
• Elmer Dean Martin, III, Diamond Bar, California, for the appellants-cross-appellees., David Gould, McDermott, Will & Emery, Los Angeles, California, for the appellants-cross-appellees., Donald Robinson, Deputy Attorney General, Los Angeles, California, for the appellees-cross-appellants., William S. Abbey, Deputy Attorney General, Los Angeles, California, for the appellees-cross-appellants.