Heller Ehrman LLP v. Arnold & Porter, LLP (In re Heller Ehrman LLP)

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER DENYING MOTION TO WITHDRAW THE REFERENCE

CHARLES R. BREYER, District Judge.

This case deals with the parameters of the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Stern v. Marshall, — U.S.-, 131 S.Ct. 2594, 180 L.Ed.2d 475 (2011). Stem v. Marshall held bankruptcy judges did not have Article III constitutional authority to enter final judgment under 28 U.S.C. § 157(b)(2)(C) on a debtor’s state-law counterclaim that is not resolved in the process of ruling on the creditor’s proof of claim. -U.S.-, 131 S.Ct. 2594, 2608, 180 L.Ed.2d 475.

Sixteen law firm defendants1 have asked this Court…