Bankruptcy Amendments and Federal Judgeship Act of 1984

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United States federal statute bankruptcy law

The Bankruptcy Amendments and Federal Judgeship Act of 1984 is a U.S. federal law that overhauled the bankruptcy system and restructured the jurisdiction and authority of federal bankruptcy courts and judges.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Bankruptcy Amendments and Federal Judgeship Act of 1984 canonical	8
Bankruptcy Judges, United States Trustees, and Family Farmer Bankruptcy Act of 1986	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal statute ⓘ bankruptcy law ⓘ
addresses	constitutional concerns about bankruptcy court jurisdiction ⓘ
affects	bankruptcy appeals procedures ⓘ bankruptcy judges’ powers to enter final judgments in core proceedings ⓘ bankruptcy jurisdictional statutes ⓘ bankruptcy venue provisions ⓘ
allocatesJurisdictionTo	United States district courts ⓘ
amends	Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 ⓘ
clarifies	relationship between district courts and bankruptcy courts ⓘ
codifiedIn	Title 11 of the United States Code ⓘ Title 28 of the United States Code ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
creates	bankruptcy appellate panels in some circuits ⓘ
defines	core proceedings in bankruptcy ⓘ non-core proceedings in bankruptcy ⓘ
delegatesAuthorityTo	United States bankruptcy courts ⓘ surface form: United States bankruptcy judges
enactedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
establishes	new bankruptcy court structure under Article I ⓘ
hasEffectOn	administration of bankruptcy cases in the United States ⓘ allocation of judicial workload in federal courts ⓘ
increases	number of federal judgeships ⓘ
jurisdiction	federal law of the United States ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
legalDomain	federal courts law ⓘ insolvency law ⓘ
motivatedBy	Northern Pipeline Construction Co. v. Marathon Pipe Line Co. ⓘ
officeholderAtTimeOfSigning	President of the United States ⓘ
provides	transitional provisions for bankruptcy cases after Northern Pipeline decision ⓘ
publicLawNumber	Public Law 98-353 ⓘ
purpose	to overhaul the federal bankruptcy system ⓘ to restructure jurisdiction and authority of bankruptcy courts and judges ⓘ
regulates	appointment of bankruptcy judges ⓘ terms of office of bankruptcy judges ⓘ
relatedTo	Article I courts ⓘ United States district courts ⓘ surface form: Article III courts United States bankruptcy courts ⓘ United States district courts ⓘ
shortTitle	Bankruptcy Amendments and Federal Judgeship Act of 1984 self-link ⓘ
signedBy	Ronald Reagan ⓘ
subjectMatter	bankruptcy jurisdiction ⓘ bankruptcy procedure ⓘ federal bankruptcy courts ⓘ federal judgeships ⓘ
timePeriod	20th century United States law ⓘ
typeOfLegislation	judiciary reorganization statute ⓘ
yearEnacted	1984 ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States bankruptcy courts → governingStatute → Bankruptcy Amendments and Federal Judgeship Act of 1984 ⓘ

United States bankruptcy courts → restructuredBy → Bankruptcy Amendments and Federal Judgeship Act of 1984 ⓘ

Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 → amendedBy → Bankruptcy Amendments and Federal Judgeship Act of 1984 ⓘ

Bankruptcy Amendments and Federal Judgeship Act of 1984 → shortTitle → Bankruptcy Amendments and Federal Judgeship Act of 1984 self-link ⓘ

United States Trustee Program → expandedBy → Bankruptcy Amendments and Federal Judgeship Act of 1984 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bankruptcy Judges, United States Trustees, and Family Farmer Bankruptcy Act of 1986

United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri → authorizedBy → Bankruptcy Amendments and Federal Judgeship Act of 1984 ⓘ

United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of South Carolina (in certain matters) → governingStatute → Bankruptcy Amendments and Federal Judgeship Act of 1984 ⓘ

subject surface form: United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of South Carolina

United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of Illinois → legalBasis → Bankruptcy Amendments and Federal Judgeship Act of 1984 ⓘ

United States bankruptcy judges → governedBy → Bankruptcy Amendments and Federal Judgeship Act of 1984 ⓘ