Does a bankruptcy judge have a "core function" in determining whether or not to grant a claim against a debtor?
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The following excerpt is from Ames Dep't Stores, Inc. v. Lumbermens Mut. Cas. Co. (In re Ames Dep't Stores, Inc.), 542 B.R. 121 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2015):
66 Langenkamp v. Culp, 498 U.S. 42, 111 S.Ct. 330, 112 L.Ed.2d 343 (1990) ; Adelphia, 307 B.R. at 418 ("Because [n]othing is more directly at the core of bankruptcy administration ... than the quantification of all liabilities of the debtor, the bankruptcy court's determination whether to allow or disallow a claim is a core function.") (internal citations omitted).
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