Legal Opinion
Wilson v. South Carolina State Education Assistance Authority (In Re Wilson)
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Georgia
Decided January 19, 2001No. 19-60016PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
JOHN S. DALIS, Chief Judge.
By motion, South Carolina State Education Assistance Authority (“South Carolina”) seeks to dismiss this adversary proceeding claiming this Court lacks subject matter jurisdiction. 1 South Carolina claims it is immune from suit under the Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution (“Eleventh Amendment”). 2
Sandra Wilson (“Debtor”) filed a Chapter 7 case in this Court on May 10, 2000. South Carolina did not file a proof of claim in the underlying Chapter 7 case. On June 26, 2000, Debtor filed a complaint to determine the debt owed to South Carolina…
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