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Supreme Court Limits Trustee Avoidance Powers in U.S. v. Miller - Section 106(a) Doesn’t Waive Sovereign Immunity for...

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Section 106(a) Doesn’t Waive Sovereign Immunity for State-Law-Based Section 544(b) Claims - The U.S. Supreme Court has significantly curtailed bankruptcy trustees’ powers in United States v. Miller, 145 S. Ct. 839 (2025). In...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Tenth Circuit Holds that Sovereign Immunity Does Not Limit Section 544 Claim

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Section 544(b)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code enables a trustee to step into the shoes of a creditor and avoid a transfer “of an interest of the debtor in property” that an unsecured creditor could avoid under applicable state...more

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