August 06, 2024
The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday reversed a district court decision that granted a partial refund of $600,000 in fees a tobacco distributor paid to the U.S. Trustee's Office, noting that the U.S. Supreme Court found in June that a disparity in fees paid by debtors in different jurisdictions was not to be remedied by returning overpayments.
August 11, 2023
Finding that some Chapter 11 debtors are entitled to refunds for U.S. Trustee fee overpayments caused by mid-case rate hikes, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ordered a partial refund of nearly $600,000 paid by a bankrupt California tobacco distributor that began its case before the increase.