28 U.S.C. § 151
Designation of bankruptcy courts
In each judicial district, the bankruptcy judges in regular active service shall constitute a unit of the district court to be known as the bankruptcy court for that district. Each bankruptcy judge, as a judicial officer of the district court, may exercise the authority conferred under this chapter with respect to any action, suit, or proceeding and may preside alone and hold a regular or special session of the court, except as otherwise provided by law or by rule or order of the district court.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1,114
cases (101 in the last 5 years), 1979–2026 · leading case: Matter of Seven Springs Apts., Phase II, 33 B.R. 458 (Bankr. N.D. Ga. 1983).
Matter of Seven Springs Apts., Phase II, 33 B.R. 458 (Bankr. N.D. Ga. 1983). “It also ignores the creations of the Reform Act: the new court in 28 U.S.C. § 151 and § 404; then the jurisdiction for that new court in 28 U.”
Windsor Commc'ns Grp., Inc. v. Grant, 75 B.R. 713 (E.D. Pa. 1985). “In addition, the following words and phrases used in these rules have the meanings indicated: ****** (2) “Bankruptcy court,” “court,” or “United States Bankruptcy Court” means the court of bankruptcy as defined in § 1(10) 17 and created under § 2a 18 of the Act and the United…”
Exec. Benefits Ins. Agency v. Arkison, 134 S. Ct. 2165 (2014). “Under the 1984 Act, federal district courts have “original and exclusive jurisdiction of all cases under title 11,” § 1334(a), and may refer to bankruptcy judges any “proceedings arising under title 11 or arising in or related to a case under title 11,” § 157(a).”
Sec. Inv. Prot. Corp. v. Bernard L. Madoff Inv. Sec. LLC (In re Bernard L. Madoff Inv. Sec. LLC), 474 B.R. 76 (S.D.N.Y. 2012). “§ 157 (a); 28 U.S.C. § 151 . Because the automatic stay is key to protecting a bankruptcy court’s jurisdiction, the language Congress used in § 541(a) is, as the Seventh Circuit has noted, evidence of congressional intent that the automatic stay would apply extraterritorially.”
In Re Schaefer Salt Recovery, Inc., 542 F.3d 90 (3rd Cir. 2008). “§ 1920 by virtue of 28 U.S.C. §§ 151 and 157). Perhaps the most comprehensive examination of the jurisdictional scheme created in response to Northern Pipeline by the Bankruptcy Amendments and Federal Judgeship Act of 1984 (“BAFJA”), Pub.”
A.B. Real Est., Inc. v. Bruno's, Inc. (In Re Bruno's, Inc.), 227 B.R. 311 (Bankr. N.D. Ala. 1998). “26 The vesting of original subject matter jurisdiction in the district courts is, however, modified by the plain language of 28 U.S.C. §§ 151 and 157. Section 151 27 designates that the bankruptcy judges in each federal district constitute a unit of the district court and that…”
Allard v. Coenen (In Re Trans-Indus., Inc.), 419 B.R. 21 (Bankr. E.D. Mich. 2009). “” 28 U.S.C. § 151 . Because the bankruptcy court is a unit of the district court, and therefore able to share in the district courts’ exclusive jurisdiction over ERISA claims, the bankruptcy court has no less power to hear ERISA claims than it does any other non-core bankruptcy…”
Volpert v. Ellis (In Re Volpert), 177 B.R. 81 (Bankr. N.D. Ill. 1995). “Under the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, Congress established bankruptcy courts as “courts of record,” 28 U.S.C. § 151 (a) (repealed), and granted them original jurisdiction over all bankruptcy matters, 28 U.”
Diana Houck v. Substitute Tr. Servs., 791 F.3d 473 (4th Cir. 2015). “2d 911 (2015) (quoting 28 U.S.C. § 151 ) (internal quotation marks omitted), adjudicatory authority, subject to the district courts’ supervision as particularized in § 157 and the limits imposed by the Constitution.”
Wellness Int'l Network, Ltd. v. Sharif, 727 F.3d 751 (7th Cir. 2013). “Bankruptcy courts are units of the district courts, 28 U.S.C. § 151 , and the bankruptcy judges “serve as judicial officers of the United States district courts established under Article III of the Constitution,” § 152(a)(1).”
Tia Robinson v. eCast Settlement Corp., 832 F.3d 726 (7th Cir. 2016). “I take it that my colleagues agree with me that proceedings in bankruptcy court “count” as a form of judicial proceeding, given the fact that the bankruptcy court (a unit of the federal district court, see 28 U.S.C. § 151 ) pre‐ sides over the legal process of collecting all…”
Mullis v. United States Bankr. Court for the Dist. of Nevada, 828 F.2d 1385 (9th Cir. 1987). “The bankruptcy judges clearly had subject matter jurisdiction over the bankruptcy petition and proceedings under 28 U.S.C. §§ 151 and 1334. Mullis does not allege that he did not intend to file for bankruptcy; he merely states that his petition did not indicate under which…”
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