Legal Opinion
United States v. Nordic Village, Inc.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 25, 1992No. 90-1629PublishedCited by 1,664 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scalia
This case presents a narrow question: Does § 106(c) of the Bankruptcy Code waive the sovereign immunity of the United States from an action seeking monetary recovery in bankruptcy?
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Respondent Nordic Village, Inc., filed a petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in March 1984. About four months later, Josef Lah, an officer and shareholder of Nordic Village, drew a $26,000 check on the company’s corporate account, $20,000 of which was used to obtain a cashier’s check in that amount payable to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Lah delivered this check to the IRS and…
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