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IN RE WILLIS

Bankruptcy No. 98-72426, Adversary No. 98-7144.

230 B.R. 619 (1999)

In re Haskell Doak WILLIS, SSN# 442-48-8717, Debtor. Haskell Doak Willis, Plaintiff, v. The State of Oklahoma, ex rel., Oklahoma Tax Commission, Defendant.

United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Oklahoma.

March 3, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth G.M. Mather, Tulsa, OK, for Plaintiff.

Amber L. Willingham, Assistant General Counsel, Oklahoma City, OK, for Defendant.

OPINION

TOM R. CORNISH, Bankruptcy Judge.

The State of Oklahoma ex rel. Oklahoma Tax Commission ("State") seeds a determination from this Court that it is immune from suit. The issue presented is whether Congress abrogated the Eleventh Amendment when enacting 11 U.S.C. § 106 of the Bankruptcy Code, as amended by the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1994. The answer is yes. This Court finds that the requirements have been met to abrogate the sovereign...

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