Legal Opinion
Connecticut, Department of Income Maintenance v. Hoffman (In Re Willington Convalescent Home, Inc.)
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided May 8, 1987No. Civ. H-84-636 (PCD)PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
DORSEY, District Judge.
This is an appeal from a decision by the United States Bankruptcy Court (Krechev-sky, J.) denying the State of Connecticut’s motion to dismiss a claim against it brought by the trustee of a debtor in a converted Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceeding. See Hoffman v. State of Connecticut (In re Willington Convalescent Home, Inc.), 39 B.R. 781 (Bankr.D.Conn.1984). The State had alleged that no money was owed to the debtor and that it was immune from suit in federal court by virtue of the bankruptcy laws and the eleventh amendment. 1
At the outset, appellee…
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Hoffman v. Connecticut Department of Income MaintenanceSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
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- In Re Willington Convalescent Home, Inc., Debtor. Martin W. Hoffman, Trustee v. State of Connecticut, Department of Income Maintenance and State of Connecticut, Department of Health Services, United States of America, Intervenor-Appellee. In Re Edward Zera, Debtor. Martin W. Hoffman, Trustee v. State of Connecticut, Department of Revenue Services, United States of America, Intervenor-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1988
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