Legal Opinion
Straight v. Wyoming Department of Transportation (In Re Straight)
Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Tenth Circuit
Decided May 15, 2000No. BAP No. WY-99-020. Bankruptcy No. 95-10007. Adversary No. 96-1008PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PUSATERI, Bankruptcy Judge.
Asserting a violation of its sovereign immunity, the Wyoming Department of Transportation (“the DOT”) moved to dismiss an adversary proceeding filed against it by Beverley A. Straight (“Straight”), the Chapter 7 debtor. Straight’s adversary proceeding seeks damages against the DOT resulting from the DOT’s violation of 11 U.S.C. §§ 362(a) and 525(a) when it revoked Straight’s “Disadvantaged Business Enterprise” (“DBE”) certification solely because of Straight’s bankruptcy filing. The bankruptcy court denied the DOT’s motion to dismiss on the grounds that…
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