Connecticut National Bank v. Germain

Summary

The Court held that 28 U.S.C. § 158(d) does not prevent courts of appeals from exercising jurisdiction under § 1292 over interlocutory orders entered by district courts acting as bankruptcy appellate courts. Justice Thomas's five-Justice majority relied on the statutory text and rejected an implied restriction based on overlapping jurisdictional provisions. The Court reversed and remanded. Justice Stevens concurred in the judgment, agreeing with the textual analysis but also finding support in the legislative history. Justice O'Connor, joined by Justices White and Blackmun, concurred in the judgment because inadvertent statutory redundancy was more plausible than an indirect congressional withdrawal of interlocutory appellate jurisdiction.