Park Avenue Radiologists, P.C. v. Melnick (In Re Park Avenue Radiologists, P.C.)

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• explaining that post- confirmation jurisdiction shrinks only to matters that have a close nexus to the plan and where the plan explicitly retains jurisdiction over the dispute
• finding that that a bankruptcy court has jurisdiction over a matter “when [it] affects the interpretation, implementation, consummation, execution or administration of the confirmed plan or incorporated litigation trust agreement”
• reviewing whether the plaintiff established that the proceeding had a sufficiently close nexus to the plan and whether the relevant bankruptcy plan retained jurisdiction over post-effective date adversary proceedings
• “[M]ost courts agree that once confirmation occurs, the bankruptcy court’s jurisdiction [under Section 1334] shrinks.”
• “Additionally, 11 U.S.C. § 1142 confers limited post- confirmation jurisdiction upon the bankruptcy court for the purpose of implementing the plan.”

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