In re: PARAGON OFFSHORE PLC, et al., Debtors.PARAGON LITIGATION TRUST, Plaintiff, v. NOBLE CORPORATION PLC, NOBLE CORPORATION HOLDINGS LTD, NOBLE HOLDING INTERNATIONAL (LUXEMBOURG) S.A.R.I., NOBLE FDR HOLDINGS LIMITED, ASHLEY ALMANZA, JULIE H. EDWARDS, GORDON T. HALL, JON A. MARSHALL, JAMES A MACLENNAN, MARY P. RICCIARDELLO, JULIE J. ROBERTSON, AND DAVID WILLIAMS, Defendants., 598 B.R. 761

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HOLDINGS: [1]-An unjust enrichment claim was non-core as unjust enrichment claims were not listed in 28 U.S.C.S. § 157(b); the claim did not invoke a substantive right under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code (Code); and fraudulent transfer actions under the Code were distinct from Delaware unjust enrichment claims; [2]-The fact that defendant one allowed the bankruptcy court (BC) to rule on whether the Settlement Agreement (SA) complied with 11 U.S.C.S. § 1123(b)(3)(A) and Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9019 did not mean that it impliedly consented to BC's later adjudication of issues that were not the sole subject of SA; [4]-Granfinanciera and Stern were distinguished by BC in refusing to hold that § 157(a) was unconstitutional to the extent that it directed bankruptcy judges to enter final orders in fraudulent transfer claims against parties who had not filed claims against the estate.