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Connecticut National Bank v. Germain | |
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Argued January 21, 1992 Decided March 9, 1992 | |
Full case name | Connecticut National Bank, Petitioner v. Thomas M. Germain, Trustee for the Estate of O'Sullivan's Fuel Oil Co., Inc. |
Citations | 503 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 | |
Prior | 926 F.2d 191 (2d Cir. 1991) |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Thomas, joined by Rehnquist, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter |
Concurrence | Stevens |
Concurrence | O'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.