Legal Opinion
Butler v. Bateman (In re Bateman)
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided July 1, 2019No. CIVIL ACTION NO. 19-10348-WGY; CHAPTER 7 CASE NO. 17-11217-FJB; ADVERSARY PROCEEDING NO. 19-01001PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
YOUNG, D.J.
I. INTRODUCTION
"[J]urors are the life's blood of our third branch of government."
*702Marchan v. John Miller Farms, Inc., 352 F. Supp. 3d 938, 947 (D.N.D. 2018). Here, the defendants in a bankruptcy adversary case, Robert E. and Leslie A. Bateman (collectively, the "younger Batemans") and the Town of Sebago, Maine ("Sebago"), sought to withdraw the reference of that case to the Bankruptcy Court. Mot. Withdraw Reference Bankruptcy Ct. 1-7 ("Mot. Withdraw"), ECF No. 1.1 Because this case invokes quintessential jury questions and waiting to withdraw the reference…
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Butler v. BatemanDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2019
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