United States Ninth Circuit

The California Board of Equalization waived its sovereign immunity by filing a proof of claim in a previous bankruptcy proceeding, thus the debt to the Board was discharged.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/07/2003
• Decided 06/05/2003
• Published 06/05/2003

Judges

• CLIFTON, Circuit Judge., Before PREGERSON, TASHIMA, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Herbert A. Levin, Deputy Attorney General, Los Angeles, CA, for the appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Naomi R. Bernstein, Bernstein Law Corporation, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, for the appellees.