In the Matter of Francisco Lopez, Debtor-Appellant

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• noting that the Third, Ninth, and possibly the Sixth Circuits apply such an approach
• calling the Ninth Circuit’s approach “terribly wooly” and stating that the word “final” in section 158(d), “cannot be thought, in light of the tradition of bankruptcy cases, a term of art meaning ‘final or nonfinal’ ”
• “Jurisdictional rules ought to be simple and precise so that judges and lawyers are spared having to litigate over not the merits of a legal dispute but where and when those merits shall be litigated.”
• “[A] decision by the district court on appeal remanding the bankruptcy court’s decision for further proceedings in the bankruptcy court is not final, and so is not appealable to this court, unless the further proceedings contemplated are of a purely ministerial character.”
• collecting cases and rejecting the Third Circuit’s approach
• collecting cases and rejecting the Third Circuit’s approach

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).