Legal Opinion
Omega Equipment Corp. v. John C. Louis Co. (In Re Omega Equipment Corp.)
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided July 19, 1985No. Civ. A. 84-2241, 84-2398PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
JACKSON, District Judge.
These consolidated bankruptcy appeals present the question whether a United States bankruptcy court, established by Congress under Art. I of the Constitution, possesses the power of judicial contempt as among those inherent in its general powers conferred by 11 U.S.C. § 105. 1 The Court concludes that, as is the case with U.S. magistrates and other non-Art. Ill adjudicative officers, bankruptcy judges at present cannot be, and have not been, endowed with contempt power, but rather, in matters of contempt are limited to the submission of proposed…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- United States v. RaddatzSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Northern Pipeline Construction Co. v. Marathon Pipe Line Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley AuthoritySupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- United States v. United Mine Workers of AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Crowell v. BensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
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3Cited by30 opinions
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- Budget Service Co. v. Better Homes of Virginia, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1986
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- Dubin v. Jakobowski (In Re Stephen W. Grosse, P.C.)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1988
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