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Supreme Court· 1/14/2004

Kontrick v. Ryan

Citations

  • 540 U.S. 443
  • 124 S. Ct. 906
  • 157 L. Ed. 2d 867
  • 2004 U.S. LEXIS 663

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that Rule 4004 of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure was not jurisdictional in part because it was not grounded in a statute
  • holding that “the filing deadline[ ] prescribed in Bankruptcy Rule[ ] 4004 ... do[es] not delineate what cases bankruptcy courts are competent to adjudicate”
  • holding that “the filing deadline[] prescribed in Bankruptcy Rule[] 4004 . . . do[es] not delineate what cases bankruptcy courts are competent to adjudicate”
  • holding that time limit for creditors to file objections to discharge in bankruptcy was not jurisdictional
  • holding that time limit for creditors to file objections to discharge in bankruptcy was not jurisdictional
  • holding that under the separation of powers doctrine, only Congress can expand or contract the subject-matter jurisdiction of a lower Article III court

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Judges: Ginsburg

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