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Bankruptcy

Nov. 22, 2011

Court's power takes spotlight in Heller estate case

In lawsuits related to the Heller Ehrman LLP bankruptcy, a San Francisco federal judge must decide where the limits to a bankruptcy judge's power lie given a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

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By Jill Redhage

Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - A feud between the Heller Ehrman LLP estate and several law firms that hired away its shareholders is no longer about who pays whom.

Lawyers for the parties have asked U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer of the Northern District to decide a broader legal question: should district courts take over certain state cases formerly h...

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