Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Insurance Co. of Pennsylvania v. Ben Cooper, Inc.
498 U.S. 964
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1990-11-13
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- “the structure of the [bankruptcy] statute as a whole does not permit such a [broad] construction”
- defendant requested funds to hire an expert to assist in the preparation of his motion for change of venue
- wherein a potential juror clearly voiced bias and a 'fixed opinion,' and the cause was remanded to determine whether the juror could lay aside his 'fixed opinion'
- § 157(b)(3) demonstrates Congress' intent that bankruptcy courts are not precluded from adjudicating state-law claims where they are at the heart of the administration of the estate
- Supreme Court vacated judgment and remanded on ground that Court of Appeals should have first addressed the jurisdictional issue, and remanded for Court of Appeals to consider jurisdictional issue
- the Second Circuit sustained a jury trial in Bankruptcy Court in a core proceeding
- debtor-in-possession’s action to enforce contract entered into post-petition is a core proceeding
- Congress intended a narrow reading of Marathon
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- Authority status
- pending
- Cited by
- 180 opinions
C. A. 2d Cir. [Certio-rari granted, 497 U. S. 1023.] The United States, whose motion to intervene filed in this Court on September 28, 1990, was granted, has raised a question concerning the Court of Appeals’ jurisdiction over this case and hence a question about our own jurisdiction. Motion of United States to Intervene and Brief for United States 9-17. Because the Court of Appeals should address the jurisdictional issue in the first instance, we vacate the judgment of the Court of Appeals and remand the case for consideration of the jurisdictional issue raised by the United States.