Northern Pipeline Co. v. Marathon Pipe Line Co.
Significance, Three Acceptable Categories, Bankruptcy
Petitioner
Northern Pipeline Co.
Respondent
Marathon Pipe Line Co.
Petitioner's Claim
That an appellate court ruling that non-Article III bankruptcy courts are unconstitutional should be dismissed.
Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
John L. Devney
Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Melvin I. Orenstein
Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun, William J. Brennan, Jr. (writing for the Court), Thurgood Marshall, Sandra Day O'Connor, William H. Rehnquist, John Paul Stevens
Justices Dissenting
Warren E. Burger, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., Byron R. White
Place
Washington, D.C.
Date of Decision
28 June 1982
Decision
That Article I federal bankruptcy courts were unconstitutional.
Related Cases
- Ex parte Bakelite Corp., 279 U.S. 438 (1929).
- Toth v. Quarles, 350 U.S. 11 (1955).
- Baker v. Carr, 369 U.S. 186 (1962).
- Glidden Co. v. Zdanok, 370 U.S. 530 (1962).
- Buckley v. Valeo, 42 U.S. 1 (1976).
- Fullilove v. Klutznick, 448 U.S. 448 (1980).
Sources
West's Encyclopedia of American Law St. Paul, MN: West Group, 1998.
Further Readings
- American Bar Association Journal, September 1982.
- Brooklyn Law Review, winter 1983, p. 207.
- Harvard Law Review, November 1982, p. 257.
- Land and Water Review, Vol. 18, p. 313.
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