Walter E. Heller & Co. Southeast, Inc. v. Matlock Trailer Corp. (In Re Matlock Trailer Corp.)

MEMORANDUM

MORTON, Chief Judge.

The questions submitted for decision in the above-styled cause concern the jurisdiction of the United States Bankruptcy Courts for this judicial district in cases commenced under title 11 of the United States Code (Bankruptcy) and in civil proceedings arising under title 11 or arising in or related to cases under title 11, in light of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Northern Pipeline Construction Co. v. Marathon Pipe Line Co., - U.S. -, 102 S.Ct. 2858, 73 L.Ed.2d 598 (1982).

Walter E. Heller and Co. Southeast Inc., a secured creditor of the Matlock Trailer…