Quality Tooling, Inc. v. United States

PLAGER, Circuit Judge,

with whom PRATT, Senior Circuit Judge, joins.

This case requires us to reconcile the jurisdiction of the United States Court of Federal *1571Claims over contract disputes to which the Federal Government is party with the power of the United States District Court, sitting in bankruptcy, to bring all matters affecting the bankrupt’s estate into one proceeding. This is a case of first impression in this court.

The District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, sitting in bankruptcy, determined that it possessed subject matter jurisdiction to entertain a complaint seeking…