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Second Circuit Enters Curious Circuit Split Over Whether Article III Subject-Matter Jurisdiction Principles Apply to Article I Courts

In In Re Laura Charlene Goebel, No. 25-103 (2d Cir. 2026), the Second Circuit joins a circuit split over whether Article I bankruptcy courts are constrained by Article III case or controversy requirements. The IRS appealed a decision of a bankruptcy judge not to dismiss a debtor’s pending adversary action for “lack of subject matterContinue reading “Second Circuit Enters Curious Circuit Split Over Whether Article III Subject-Matter Jurisdiction Principles Apply to Article I Courts”