IN RE BENNY

Nos. 84-2805, 85-1517, 85-1530 and 85-1765.

791 F.2d 712 (1986)

In re George I. BENNY and Alexandra Benny, Debtors. (Four Cases) Alexandra BENNY, Debtor-Appellant, v. John M. ENGLAND, Trustee; Chicago Title Insurance Company, Creditor, etc., et al., Appellees. UNITED STATES of America, Intervenor-Appellant, v. John M. ENGLAND, Trustee, Chicago Title Insurance Company, Creditor, etc., et al., Appellees. Keith M. LUNDIN, Mark B. McFeely, William L. Norton, George C. Paine, III, Hugh Robinson and Arthur N. Votolato, Jr., Bankruptcy Judges, Applicants for Intervention-Appellants, v. Alexandra BENNY, Debtor-Appellee. UNITED STATES of America, Intervenor-Petitioner-Appellee, v. John M. ENGLAND, Trustee; Chicago Title Insurance Company, Creditor, etc., et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided June 9, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of John T. Hansen, John T. Hansen, Lewis C. Maldondo, San Francisco, Cal., for Benny.

Richard K. Willard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Joseph P. Russoniello, U.S. Atty., Paul Blankenstein, Appellate Litigation Counsel, Judith F. Ledbetter, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for U.S.

Steven R. Ross, Gen. Counsel to the Clerk, Charles Tiefer, Deputy Gen. Counsel to the Clerk, Michael L. Murray, Asst. Counsel to the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., for Speaker & Bipartisan Leadership Group of the House of Representatives.

Michael Davidson, Morgan J. Frankel, Office of Senate Legal Counsel, Washington, D.C., for U.S. Senate.

Laurence J. Kaiser, Kronish, Lieb, Shainswit, Weiner & Hellman, New York City, for Bankruptcy Judges.

Before: FERGUSON, NORRIS and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges.


WIGGINS, Circuit Judge:

These cases involve appeals from a district court's order, 44 B.R. 581, upholding the constitutionality of sections 106 and 121 of the Bankruptcy Amendments and Federal Judgeship Act of 1984, Pub.L. No. 98-353, 98 Stat. 333 (the 1984 Act), and from an order denying intervention to a group of bankruptcy judges.

We dismiss appeals Nos. 84-2805 and 85-1517, challenging the constitutionality of the 1984 Act...

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