Central Virginia Community College v. Katz
E494928
Central Virginia Community College v. Katz is a 2006 U.S. Supreme Court decision holding that states lack sovereign immunity in certain bankruptcy proceedings, allowing bankruptcy trustees to pursue avoidance actions against state entities.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Central Virginia Community College v. Katz canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5099974 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Central Virginia Community College v. Katz Context triple: [United States sovereign immunity law, keyCase, Central Virginia Community College v. Katz]
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Brzonkala v. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Brzonkala v. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University was a federal civil rights case in which a former Virginia Tech student sued her alleged rapists and the university under the Violence Against Women Act, setting the stage for the Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Morrison on the limits of Congress’s Commerce Clause power.
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B.
Grove City College v. Bell
Grove City College v. Bell is a 1984 U.S. Supreme Court case that significantly narrowed the scope of Title IX’s application to only those specific programs directly receiving federal funds, prompting later legislative action to restore broader coverage.
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C.
Supreme Court of Virginia v. Friedman
Supreme Court of Virginia v. Friedman is a 1988 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down Virginia’s residency requirement for bar admission on motion as a violation of the Privileges and Immunities Clause.
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Boynton v. Virginia
Boynton v. Virginia was a 1960 U.S. Supreme Court decision that extended federal prohibitions against racial discrimination in interstate bus terminals, helping lay the legal groundwork for the Freedom Rides.
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E.
Agostini v. Felton
Agostini v. Felton is a 1997 U.S. Supreme Court case that reshaped Establishment Clause doctrine by allowing public school teachers to provide remedial instruction in religious schools under certain safeguards.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Central Virginia Community College v. Katz Target entity description: Central Virginia Community College v. Katz is a 2006 U.S. Supreme Court decision holding that states lack sovereign immunity in certain bankruptcy proceedings, allowing bankruptcy trustees to pursue avoidance actions against state entities.
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A.
Brzonkala v. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Brzonkala v. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University was a federal civil rights case in which a former Virginia Tech student sued her alleged rapists and the university under the Violence Against Women Act, setting the stage for the Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Morrison on the limits of Congress’s Commerce Clause power.
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B.
Grove City College v. Bell
Grove City College v. Bell is a 1984 U.S. Supreme Court case that significantly narrowed the scope of Title IX’s application to only those specific programs directly receiving federal funds, prompting later legislative action to restore broader coverage.
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C.
Supreme Court of Virginia v. Friedman
Supreme Court of Virginia v. Friedman is a 1988 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down Virginia’s residency requirement for bar admission on motion as a violation of the Privileges and Immunities Clause.
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D.
Boynton v. Virginia
Boynton v. Virginia was a 1960 U.S. Supreme Court decision that extended federal prohibitions against racial discrimination in interstate bus terminals, helping lay the legal groundwork for the Freedom Rides.
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E.
Agostini v. Felton
Agostini v. Felton is a 1997 U.S. Supreme Court case that reshaped Establishment Clause doctrine by allowing public school teachers to provide remedial instruction in religious schools under certain safeguards.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
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bankruptcy law case ⓘ sovereign immunity case ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
bankruptcy law
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constitutional law ⓘ federal courts ⓘ |
| citation |
126 S. Ct. 990
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163 L. Ed. 2d 945 ⓘ 546 U.S. 356 ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvisionInterpreted |
Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution
ⓘ
U.S. Constitution Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 2006-01-23 ⓘ |
| dissentingJustices |
Antonin Scalia
ⓘ
Clarence Thomas ⓘ Sandra Day O'Connor ⓘ
linked to:
Sandra Day O’Connor
William H. Rehnquist ⓘ |
| dissentingOpinionBy | Clarence Thomas ⓘ |
| docketNumber | 04-885 ⓘ |
| holding |
Bankruptcy trustees may pursue avoidance actions against state entities in federal bankruptcy court
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States do not have sovereign immunity from certain bankruptcy proceedings under the Bankruptcy Clause ⓘ |
| impact | limited states' ability to invoke Eleventh Amendment immunity in core bankruptcy proceedings ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | federal question jurisdiction ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
avoidance actions against state entities
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scope of the Bankruptcy Clause ⓘ state sovereign immunity in bankruptcy proceedings ⓘ |
| majorityJustices |
Anthony M. Kennedy
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David H. Souter ⓘ John Paul Stevens ⓘ Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy | John Paul Stevens ⓘ |
| petitioner | Central Virginia Community College ⓘ |
| proceduralPosture | appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ⓘ |
| relatedDoctrine |
Bankruptcy Clause waiver theory
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abrogation of sovereign immunity ⓘ state sovereign immunity ⓘ |
| respondent | Wallace E. Katz ⓘ |
| respondentRole | bankruptcy trustee ⓘ |
| result | judgment for the bankruptcy trustee affirmed in part ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | avoidance of preferential transfers to a state entity in bankruptcy ⓘ |
| term | October Term 2005 ⓘ |
| yearDecided | 2006 ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Central Virginia Community College v. Katz Description of subject: Central Virginia Community College v. Katz is a 2006 U.S. Supreme Court decision holding that states lack sovereign immunity in certain bankruptcy proceedings, allowing bankruptcy trustees to pursue avoidance actions against state entities.
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