[1][2] Because bankruptcy courts in the United States are organized as Article I tribunals rather than as Article III courts, they are not permitted to exercise the judicial power of the United States.

Stern v. Marshall identified so-called "Stern claims" that required exercising the judicial power and were therefore beyond the authority of bankruptcy courts.

Stern was very disruptive in the sense that, technically, it was not precisely clear what bankruptcy courts could and could not hear for lack of jurisdiction.

This case established that bankruptcy courts could continue to hear their cases as before, so long as the Stern claims were later heard by an Article III court with appropriate jurisdiction.

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