B-Line, LLC v. Wingerter (In Re Wingerter)

Because B-Line lacked Article III standing to appeal the bankruptcy court judgment, the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel properly determined that it lacked jurisdiction over B-Line’s appeal. The requirements for Article III standing apply to the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (BAP), even though the BAP is not an Article III court, because the power of the BAP is statutorily no greater than the power of a federal district court. See 28 U.S.C. § 158(b). I would therefore affirm the BAP’s dismissal of B-Line’s appeal.

The operative paragraph of the bankruptcy court’s opinion stated:

This Court finds that…