Lifemark Hospital of Louisiana, Inc. v. Liljeberg Enterprises, Inc. (In Re Liljeberg Enterprises, Inc.)

ORDER AND REASONS

LIVAUDAIS, District Judge.

Lifemark Hospitals of Louisiana, Inc. (“LHL”) moves pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 157(d) to withdraw from the bankruptcy court the reference of Debtor’s Motion to Assume Executory Contract and LHL’s defenses to such assumption. LHL argues that withdrawal is mandated under 28 U.S.C. § 157(d) because resolution of the motion to assume will require substantial and material consideration of non-Bankruptcy Code federal laws. LHL’s principal argument is that the contract the debtor seeks to assume violates federal antitrust laws. In the alternative, LHL argues…