Talk:Referee in Bankruptcy

Unconstitutionality of the Bankruptcy Act of 1978
The "bankruptcy judges" who replaced the referees under this act were termed "judges" but were not appointed for life and hence were not actual federal court judges according to the SCOTUS holding in Northern Pipeline Construction Co. v. Marathon Pipe Line Co., which necessitated considerable changes. Should this not be at least mentioned in passing in this article and/or linked to? 166.152.221.57 (talk) 02:08, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

That's not exactly what the Supreme Court ruled in the Northern Pipeline case. U.S. bankruptcy judges are "actual federal judges," but they are not "Article III" judges. Famspear (talk) 16:00, 13 November 2014 (UTC)