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Issue-Specific Withdrawal of the Reference

This article considers the genesis, tendency and scope of the district courts' withdrawals of the reference in some of the more complex proceedings pending today.

29 minute read May 27, 2012 at 09:09 AM
By
Menachem O. Zelmanovitz and Rachel Jaffe Mauceri
Issue-Specific Withdrawal of the Reference

Traditionally, defendants in actions brought by debtors or trustees have struggled to level the playing field and extricate themselves from the bankruptcy court, a forum often perceived as the plaintiff's “home court.”

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