Recently, the Fifth Circuit has authored two opinions in which it opined that parties could not consent to entry of a final order in a case governed by Stern v. Marshall. In one of these cases, BP RE, LP v. RML Waxahachise Dodge, LLC, 735 F.3d 279 (5th Cir. 2013), the plaintiff, having filed suit in bankruptcy court, invoked Stern v.
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