28 U.S.C. § 151 — Designation of bankruptcy courts

submitted 42 years ago by Pub. L. 98-353 to r/title-28-JUDICIARY-AND-JUDICIAL-PROCEDURE · 85 words · no verdicts yet

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This section creates the bankruptcy court within each federal judicial district. It is made up of that district's actively serving bankruptcy judges. Each judge can act alone, holding regular or special court sessions, using the authority this law and other rules give.

In every judicial district, the bankruptcy judges actively serving there form a unit of the district court. This unit is called the bankruptcy court for that district. Each bankruptcy judge acts as a judicial officer of the district court and may exercise the authority this chapter gives with respect to any action, suit, or proceeding. A bankruptcy judge may preside alone and hold a regular or special session of the court, except where another law, or a rule or order of the district court, provides otherwise.

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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.

Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 98–353, title I, § 104(a), July 10, 1984, 98 Stat. 336.)

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1984Enacted · Pub. L. 98-353 · 98 Stat. 336

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