Ames Department Stores Inc. v. Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co. (In re Ames Department Stores Inc.)

OPINION & ORDER

ANDREW L. CARTER, JR., District Judge.

This Court is presented with the question of whether, under 28 U.S.C. § 157(d), it must withdraw from Bankruptcy Court the reference of an adversary proceeding involving a dispute between the Plaintiff-bankruptcy trustee and the Defendant-insurance company over ownership of $8 million in trust. Defendant argues that withdrawal is mandatory because the Bankruptcy Court’s resolution of Defendant’s challenge to its jurisdiction would necessarily involve significant interpretation of non-bankruptcy federal law. For the reasons stated below,…