Bankruptcy Jurisdiction:
1.    Federal District Court—exclusive jurisdiction as to the b/r case itself and all other related litigation.  The latter is brought in under the b/r code.
2.    B/r court— By local rule in every federal district, any b/r case that is filed is immediately directed to the b/r court.
a.    Judge:  b/r judge sits in this court.  He is sort of like a magistrate, but w/ more power.  Article I judge who is appointed for 14 years.
b.    Jurisdiction—core and non-core
(i)    Core case: opinion is a final opinion of the district court unless appealed.  If it is appealed, it will stand unless clearly erroneous.  Court allowed to have this kind of power b/c theoretically, the district court could take away its power at any time.
(ii)    Non-core case:
c.    Appeals.  All appeals automatically go to the district judge, but may go to the b/r appellate panel (BAP) instead w/ consent of parties if in one of the two districts where these exist.  The BAP tends to be faster and knows more about b/r law than the district judge.  In any case, you may then appeal up to federal appeals court and then up to the S. Ct.