Office of the United States Trustee, Petitioner v. John Q. Hammons Fall 2006, LLC, et al.

  1. June 14, 2024

    Blistering Dissents Belie Justices' Penchant For Consensus

    Thirteen days into June, the U.S. Supreme Court had recorded one of the highest rates of unanimous decisions in the past four decades. But the era of historic consensus was tarnished a bit Friday when the court issued three split decisions and two scathing dissents highlighting how much the nine justices differ.

  2. June 14, 2024

    No Retroactive Fix For US Trustee Fee Dispute, Justices Say

    The U.S. Supreme Court sided with the U.S. Trustee's Office on Friday in finding that an amended fee structure implemented before a 2022 ruling that struck down a nonuniform system of payments was all that was needed to resolve the disparate treatment of debtors under the unconstitutional law.

  3. May 16, 2024

    3 Big Bankruptcy Cases Still Pending At The Supreme Court

    The U.S. Supreme Court may have declined to hear a challenge to non-debtor litigation stays in mass tort bankruptcies this week in the Chapter 11 case of Georgia-Pacific's asbestos spinoff, but it is still slated to hand down decisions with the potential for wide-reaching impacts to mass torts and beyond this term.

  4. January 09, 2024

    Justices Examine Proposed Retroactive US Trustee Fee Fixes

    The U.S. Supreme Court scrutinized competing proposals Tuesday for fixing a bankruptcy fee structure that was applied unequally for several years to debtors in different jurisdictions, asking how refunds of overpaid U.S. Trustee's Office fees or clawbacks of underpaid fees could be applied.

  5. January 05, 2024

    Up Next At High Court: Court Notices, Fees & No Fly List

    The U.S. Supreme Court returns Monday to kick off a new calendar year by hearing arguments over the proper way to notify migrants of immigration court removal procedures, the constitutionality of state legislature-mandated general impact fees and whether prosecutors can present substitute expert witnesses at criminal trials.

  6. December 19, 2023

    Bankruptcy Judges Call Trustee Fee Upcharge 'Unworkable'

    A group of former bankruptcy judges said in a Supreme Court amicus brief filed Monday that the proposal of the Office of the U.S. Trustee to charge higher fees to Chapter 11 debtors in districts that didn't raise the fee rate in 2018 is impractical and unworkable.

  7. September 29, 2023

    Supreme Court To Hear US Trustee Fee Refund Dispute

    The Supreme Court of the United States said Friday it will consider the Office of the U.S. Trustee's bid to ensure it still gets fees paid by Chapter 11 debtors, even during a period where the high court has ruled an unconstitutional fee schedule was in place.