Opinion ID: 409318
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Heading: The District Court's Jurisdiction to Review the Bankruptcy Court's Order

Text: 8 The jurisdiction of a federal district court to review judgments, orders, and decrees of a bankruptcy court is set forth in 28 U.S.C. § 1334. Section 1334(a) provides that a district court has appellate jurisdiction over final judgments, orders, and decrees of bankruptcy courts. 28 U.S.C. § 1334(a) (emphasis added). Section 1334(b) provides that a district court may also entertain appeals from interlocutory, nonfinal, orders and decrees of bankruptcy courts. 5 9 The appellees contend that the bankruptcy court order compelling the production of allegedly privileged materials was an interlocutory decree and therefore not appealable. However, because 28 U.S.C. § 1334(b) specifically empowers a district court to review a bankruptcy court's interlocutory orders, we conclude that the District Court did not act beyond the proper scope of its statutory jurisdiction in entertaining an appeal in this case.