Importantly, Judge Christopher Klein “wrote the book” about federal bankruptcy law. Literally.
He wrote ‘A Guide to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that Apply in Bankruptcy’, which is a textbook for federal judges about bankruptcy law. And then, because he understands the subject so well, he wrote an easy-to-understand book for laymen, called ‘Bankruptcy Rules Made Easy’.
This is important, because it is far easier to write a complex book for experts than it is to simplify all that complexity for “the intelligent man”, who is not an expert.
So the bottom line is that in his subject area, he knows more of federal bankruptcy law than do the justices on the Supreme Court.
Now imagine trying to overturn *that* ruling, without looking like a fool.
“Looking like a fool” is rarely an impediment to the majority of local practitioners.