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IN RE SOILEAU

No. 05-20501.

488 F.3d 302 (2007)

In the Matter of: Geraldine H. SOILEAU, Debtor. State of Texas, Appellant, v. Geraldine H. Soileau, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 22, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. Norris (argued), Houston, TX, for Appellant.

Alva Nell Wesley-Thomas (argued), Tonya Monique Felix (argued), Houston, TX, for Soileau.

Before JONES, Chief Judge, and WIENER and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

WIENER, Circuit Judge:

The State of Texas ("the State") appeals the decisions of the bankruptcy and district courts denying the State's motion to dismiss the petition of Geraldine Soileau ("Soileau") for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection. The State's challenge is grounded exclusively in Eleventh Amendment sovereign immunity, and the bankruptcy court and district court ruled on that ground alone. As the Supreme Court's decisions in Central Virginia Community College...

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