61.   Moreover, any formal action must await ratification by a federal bankruptcy judge in Delaware.

62.   New Valley asked a bankruptcy judge to disqualify any votes by shareholders who reject its reorganization plan.

63.   Russian newspapers have also printed photos of Tyumen executives socializing with bankruptcy judges.

64.   Some say federal law supersedes state law, but others say a bankruptcy judge has no power to force a state agency to raise electricity prices.

65.   That request required the bankruptcy judge to decide how much the truck was worth.

66.   That would entail asking a bankruptcy judge and its creditors for permission to forge a new reorganization plan, spelling further delays.

67.   The Act did not, however, make the newly empowered bankruptcy judges Article III judges.

68.   The bankruptcy judge must also sign off.

69.   The bankruptcy judges are also seen as favoring debtors, attorneys said.

70.   The bankruptcy judge asked each bidder for a final, sealed bid.