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Use the official docket link for later case activity."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 10, lines 23-35","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2024/23-824_hhdp.pdf","page_label":"file page 10, lines 23-35"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 11, lines 33-39","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2024/23-824_hhdp.pdf","page_label":"file page 11, lines 33-39"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 11, lines 9-15","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2024/23-824_hhdp.pdf","page_label":"file page 11, lines 9-15"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 12, lines 25-29","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2024/23-824_hhdp.pdf","page_label":"file page 12, lines 25-29"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 12, lines 49-53","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2024/23-824_hhdp.pdf","page_label":"file page 12, lines 49-53"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 13, lines 7-31","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2024/23-824_hhdp.pdf","page_label":"file page 13, lines 7-31"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 14, lines 15-17","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2024/23-824_hhdp.pdf","page_label":"file page 14, lines 15-17"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 11-21","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2024/23-824_hhdp.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 11-21"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 6, lines 27-33","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2024/23-824_hhdp.pdf","page_label":"file page 6, lines 27-33"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 7, lines 33-39","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2024/23-824_hhdp.pdf","page_label":"file page 7, lines 33-39"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 8, lines 37-39","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2024/23-824_hhdp.pdf","page_label":"file page 8, lines 37-39"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 8, lines 45-11","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2024/23-824_hhdp.pdf","page_label":"file page 8, lines 45-11"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 9, lines 41-7","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2024/23-824_hhdp.pdf","page_label":"file page 9, lines 41-7"}]}],"slug":"2024-23-824-united-states-v-miller","term":"2024","title":"Does the bankruptcy code waive state sovereign immunity for trustee avoidance claims?","title_sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 35, lines 41-33","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2024/23-824_hhdp.pdf","page_label":"file page 35, lines 41-33"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 23-25","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2024/23-824_hhdp.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 23-25"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 56, lines 27-9","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2024/23-824_hhdp.pdf","page_label":"file page 56, lines 27-9"}],"topics":[],"undated_disposition_date_fallback":"latest_argument_date","updated_at":"2026-09-05T03:22:24Z"}