Southmark Corp. v. Coopers & Lybrand

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a professional malpractice claim by a Chapter 11 debtor against a court-appointed accountant was a core proceeding
• holding that a lawsuit alleging malpractice by an accountant in a bankruptcy case was a “core” matter within a bankruptcy court’s jurisdiction
• holding that abstention does apply to removed cases and listing cases that hold the same
• explaining that matters within core bankruptcy jurisdiction are subject to discretionary rather than mandatory abstention
• holding that “professional malpractice claims against court-appointed professionals are indeed core matters.”
• stating that the malpractice claim against certain bankruptcy professionals arose from a contract “whose terms were approved by the bankruptcy court”

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