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· 12/20/1983

Jane Wharton-Thomas v. United States of America, United States Post Office and Pasquale J. Di Francisco, Jointly, Severally And/or in the Alternative

Citations

  • 721 F.2d 922

How courts have described this case

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  • reaching the constitutional issue although case, based on the Federal Tort Claims Act, was arguably limited to a federally-created right
  • reaching the constitutional issue although case, based on the Federal Tort Claims Act, was arguably limited to a federally-created right
  • observing that the Supreme Court struck down portions of the BRA on the basis that bankruptcy courts “operate[], not under the direction of the district court, but in their own separate sphere and with their own independently appointed personnel”
  • magistrates “are not subjected to pressures from the legislature”

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Judges: Weis, Higginbotham, Sloviter

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