Central Virginia Community College v. Katz
Central Virginia Community College v. Katz, 546 U.S. 356 (2006), is a United States Supreme Court case holding that the Bankruptcy Clause of the Constitution abrogates state sovereign immunity. It is significant as one of only three cases allowing Congress to use an Article I power to authorize individuals to sue states, the others being PennEast Pipeline Co. v. New Jersey and Torres v. Texas Department of Public Safety.
| Central Virginia Community College v. Katz | |
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Supreme Court of the United States | |
| Argued October 31, 2005 Decided January 23, 2006 | |
| Full case name | Central Virginia Community College, et al. v. Katz, Liquidating Supervisor for Wallace's Bookstores, Inc. |
| Docket no. | 04-885 |
| Citations | 546 U.S. 356 (more) 126 S. Ct. 990; 163 L. Ed. 2d 945 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | 106 F. App'x 341 (6th Cir. 2004); cert. granted, 544 U.S. 960 (2005). |
| Holding | |
| A bankruptcy trustee's proceeding to set aside the debtor's preferential transfers to state agencies is not barred by sovereign immunity. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Stevens, joined by O'Connor, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer |
| Dissent | Thomas, joined by Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy |
| Laws applied | |
| U.S. Const. Art. I § 8 | |
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