Messer ex rel. Fine Diamonds, LLC v. Peykar International Co. (In re Fine Diamonds, LLC)

*231Chapter 7 Case

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER WITH RESPECT TO DECISION AFTER TRIAL

Robert E. Gerber, United States Bankruptcy Judge

Constitutional limits on the power of bankruptcy judges to enter final judgments in certain matters have resulted in confusion here as to “what happens next” after a bankruptcy judge, in lieu of entry of a judgment in an adversary proceeding, issues proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law, and a party wishes entry of a judgment implementing them, on the one hand, or is unhappy with them, on the other.

Here I issued a Decision after Trial,1 noting that by reason of…