{"id":15628,"date":"2015-05-31T17:26:31","date_gmt":"2015-05-31T17:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/considerchapter13.org\/?p=15628"},"modified":"2015-05-31T17:26:31","modified_gmt":"2015-05-31T17:26:31","slug":"welp-wellness-is-decided-a-huge-victory-for-the-bankruptcy-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/considerchapter13.org\/2015\/05\/31\/welp-wellness-is-decided-a-huge-victory-for-the-bankruptcy-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Welp, Wellness is Decided . . . A HUGE Victory For The Bankruptcy System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Parties may consent to bankruptcy court hearing <em>Stern<\/em> claims.<\/strong>  There was likely a collective sigh of relief by many bankruptcy attorneys and judges as a result of the majority decision of the Supreme Court in <em>Wellness International Network, Ltd. v. Sharif<\/em>, decided May 26.  In an opinion by Justice Sotomayor, the majority held that Article III permits a bankruptcy judge to adjudicate <em>Stern<\/em>-type claims, provided the parties knowingly and voluntarily consent.  Moreover, the consent does not necessarily have to be express, but implied consent must meet the knowing and voluntary standard.  <\/p>\n<p>The opinion may be accessed by <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.considerchapter13.org\/content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/21161647\/Wellness-Opinion.pdf\">clicking here<\/a>. <em>(Not password protected)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>See Also:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/business-finance-restructuring.weil.com\/jurisdiction\/breaking-news-some-guidance-from-scotus-on-stern-v-marshall-and-what-you-really-need-to-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Some Guidance from SCOTUS on Stern v. Marshall! (And What You Really Need to Know)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/danielfisher\/2015\/05\/26\/sotomayor-v-roberts-smackdown-as-supreme-court-expands-power-of-bankruptcy-courts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sotomayor And Roberts Clash As Supreme Court Expands Power Of Bankruptcy Courts<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/business-finance-restructuring.weil.com\/jurisdiction\/well-well-wellness-the-supreme-courts-most-recent-decision-regarding-stern-v-marshall-and-its-progeny\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Well Well Wellness: The Supreme Court\u2019s Most Recent Decision Regarding Stern v. Marshall and its Progeny<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.creditorssidebar.com\/2015\/05\/the-world-will-not-end-in-fire-or-ice-but-in-a-bankruptcy-court-wellness-international-network-ltd-v-sharif\/?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=Feed%3A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The World Will Not End In Fire, Or Ice, But In A Bankruptcy Court\u201d<\/a> \u2013 <em>Wellness International Network, Ltd. v. Sharif<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/considerchapter13.org\/2014\/08\/17\/supreme-court-accepts-cert-in-wellness-intl-net-work-ltd-v-sharif\/\">Supreme Court Accepts Cert in <em>Wellness Int&#8217;l Net-Work, Ltd v. Sharif<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parties may consent to bankruptcy court hearing Stern claims. There was likely a collective sigh of relief by many bankruptcy attorneys and judges as a result of the majority decision of the Supreme Court in Wellness International Network, Ltd. v. Sharif, decided May 26. In an opinion by Justice Sotomayor, the majority held that Article [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":818,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10,87],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/considerchapter13.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15628"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/considerchapter13.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/considerchapter13.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/considerchapter13.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/818"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/considerchapter13.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/considerchapter13.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15628\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/considerchapter13.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/considerchapter13.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/considerchapter13.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}