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Katz (P), liquidating supervisor of a bankrupt estate, commenced §§547(b) and 550(a) proceedings to avoid and recover alleged preferential transfers to State institutions of higher education (D). D claimed the action was barred by sovereign immunity. The courts all the way up the chain denied D’s motion to dismiss. The Supreme Court granted certiorari.

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