§154 Division of businesses; chief judge

Summary

When a district has more than one bankruptcy judge, the bankruptcy court must, by a majority vote, make rules for how the work and cases are split among those judges unless the district court’s rules already cover that. The district court must pick one judge to be the bankruptcy court’s chief judge. If the district court judges cannot reach a majority decision, the district court’s chief judge will choose. The bankruptcy chief judge must make sure the court’s rules are followed and that the court’s work is handled well and quickly.