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IN RE KOLB

No. 91 C 5168.

137 B.R. 29 (1992)

In re Gary KOLB, Debtor. Gary E. KOLB, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, E.D.

January 15, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. McKenzie, McKenzie & McKenzie, P.C., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff.

Benjamin R. Norris, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Tax Div., Washington, D.C., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

LEINENWEBER, District Judge.

On June 28, 1991, United States Bankruptcy Judge, Susan Sonderby, found the United States (the "government") in civil contempt for wilfully violating a discharge order. The bankruptcy court found that Section 106(c) of the Bankruptcy Code ("Section 106(c)") waives the government's sovereign immunity, making it subject to a suit for contempt and damages. The bankruptcy court awarded damages in the...

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