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IN RE LAZAR

Nos. 97-56635, 97-56636 and 97-56638.

237 F.3d 967 (2001)

In re: Gary LAZAR; Divine Grace Lazar; California Target Enterprises, Inc.; Alameda Management Company, Inc.; Liberty Marketing Company, Inc.; P & M Service Stations, Inc.; Pronto Marketing Company, Inc.; Mission Marketing Group, Inc.; Good Guys Lube 'N Tune, Inc.; Challenge Marketing Co., Inc.; California Target Supply, Inc. Debtor. George E. Schulman, Chapter 7 Trustee, Appellant-Cross-Appellee, v. State of California; California State Water Resources Control Board; California Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Fund; John P. Caffre; James M. Stuchater; Mark Del Peiro; Mary Jane Forster; John W. Brown, Appellees-Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed January 12, 2001

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elmer Dean Martin, III, Esq., Diamond Bar, California, for the appellants-cross-appellees.

David Gould, McDermott, Will & Emery, Los Angeles, California, for the appellants-cross-appellees.

Donald Robinson, Deputy Attorney General, Los Angeles, California, for the appellees-cross-appellants.

William S. Abbey, Deputy Attorney General, Los Angeles, California, for the appellees-cross-appellants.

Mark Browning, Assistant Attorney General, Bankruptcy & Collections Division, Austin, Texas, for amici curiae states.

John R. Ellis, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Seattle, Washington, for amici curiae states.

Before: JAMES R. BROWNING, SIDNEY R. THOMAS, and KIM McLANE WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.

Argued and Submitted June 8, 1999 — Pasadena, California.

WARDLAW, Circuit Judge:

In these consolidated bankruptcy appeals, the California State Water Resources Control Board (the "State Board") and the California Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Fund (the "Fund") challenge the district court's orders denying them Eleventh Amendment immunity. In particular, the State Board contends that it is an arm of the state of California, that it did not waive...

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