Connecticut National Bank v. Germain

Connecticut National Bank v. Germain
Argued January 21, 1992
Decided March 9, 1992
Full case nameConnecticut National Bank, Petitioner v. Thomas M. Germain, Trustee for the Estate of O'Sullivan's Fuel Oil Co., Inc.
Citations503 U.S. 249 (more)
112 S. Ct. 1146; 117 L. Ed. 2d 391; 1992 U.S. LEXIS 1531; 60 U.S.L.W. 4222; Bankr. L. Rep. (CCH) ¶ 78,009; 26 Collier Bankr. Cas. 2d (MB) 175; 22 Bankr. Ct. Dec. 1130; 92 Cal. Daily Op. Service 1971; 92 Daily Journal DAR 3080; 6 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 57
Case history
Prior926 F.2d 191 (2d Cir. 1991)
Court membership
Chief Justice
William Rehnquist
Associate Justices
Byron White · Harry Blackmun
John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor
Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy
David Souter · Clarence Thomas
Case opinions
MajorityThomas, joined by Rehnquist, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter
ConcurrenceStevens
ConcurrenceO'Connor, joined by White, Blackmun
Laws applied
28 U.S.C. § 158(d), 28 U.S.C. § 1292

Connecticut National Bank v. Germain, 503 U.S. 249 (1992), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that an interlocutory order of a district court, sitting as an appellate court in a bankruptcy case, is in turn reviewable by the court of appeals when authorized under 28 U.S.C. § 1292. Although the Justices were unanimous in deciding the specific statutory interpretation issue concerning bankruptcy appeals that the case presented, they disagreed on the extent to which it was appropriate to refer to the legislative history of the statute in resolving the case.