Supreme Court Holds that Chapter 11 Debtors Do Not Get a Refund ...

The Circuit City Landmine Redux, the Final Word (Office of the United States Trustee v. John Q. Hammons Fall 2006, LLC): Supreme Court Holds ...

Justices refuse to force refund of excessive bankruptcy fees

Two years after the court ruled that a disparity in bankrupt debtors' fees between judicial districts was impermissible, the justices on ...

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Fitzgerald, the Court held that a statute permitting different fees for chapter 11 debtors depending on the district where the case was filed ...

Supreme Court Says DOJ Won't Have to Refund Bankruptcy Fees (1)

The Department of Justice can keep about $326 million in fees it collected from Chapter 11 debtors during a period when Congress accidentally created a fee ...

The Post-Siegel Fallout Continues: The Supreme Court Has ...

The Supreme Court will now decide whether the remedy of a refund due to former debtor John Q Hammons Hotel & Resorts in the amount of $2.5 ...

Supreme Court Denies Refunds to Debtors Who Paid Excess Fees ...

Today, the Court held that the debtors could not obtain a refund. Writing for the Court, Justice Jackson reasoned that Congress "would have ...

US Supreme Court will hear dispute on bankruptcy fee refunds

... debtors that paid higher Chapter 11 bankruptcy fees as a result of a 2017 fee increase that the court found to be unconstitutional last year.

Eleventh Circuit Confirms Refunds as the Remedy for Overpayment ...

We have previously discussed the growing list of judicial decisions addressing the appropriate remedy for overpayment of U.S. Trustee ...

Chapter 11 - Bankruptcy Basics | United States Courts

Usually, the debtor remains “in possession,” has the powers and duties of a trustee, may continue to operate its business, and may, with court approval, borrow ...

US Supreme Court rejects bankruptcy refund that would have cost ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday ruled that bankrupt companies are not entitled to be reimbursed to make up for a disparity in bankruptcy ...

22-1238 United States Trustee v. John Q. Hammons Fall 2006, LLC ...

Respond- ents do not dispute that refunding all large Chapter 11 debtors in U. S. Trustee districts would be expensive; the. Government ...

U.S. Supreme Court Bankruptcy Update | Insights - Jones Day

It is generally accepted that a chapter 11 plan can release nondebtors from claims of other nondebtor third parties if the release is consensual ...

Ninth Circuit Joins Other Circuits in Refunding U.S. Trustee Fees

Chapter 11 debtors between 2018 and 2020 under the Bankruptcy ... In earlier posts, the Red Zone has discussed the Supreme Court's ruling in ...

Bankruptcy Trustee Petitions Supreme Court to Review ... - Tax Notes

§ 542." Weinman v. Graves (In re Graves), 396 B.R. 70, 72 (B.A.P. 10th Cir. 2008). The BAP affirmed the bankruptcy court's prior ruling, holding that "[a] ...

Supreme Court Ruling Impacts Consumer Creditors of Bankrupt ...

Corporate debtors anticipate that consumer creditors will not file claims in a chapter 11 case, and they are seldom disappointed. Consumer ...

Restructuring and Bankruptcy Developments: The Supreme Court's ...

In the final bankruptcy-related decision issued by the Supreme Court this term, the court held that Chapter 11 debtors that paid increased fees ...

Supreme Court Bars Non-Consensual Chapter 11 Releases For ...

The Supreme Court held that the Bankruptcy Code does not authorize a release and injunction concerning claims against non-debtors as part of a Chapter 11 ...

SUPREME COURT, REVERSING ELEVENTH CIRCUIT, SAYS ...

Creditors approved a Chapter 11 plan that provided, inter alia, for placement of the debtors' property into a trust and appointment of a trustee to liquidate ...

21-441 Siegel v. Fitzgerald (06/06/2022) - Supreme Court

All agree that the fee increase applied differently to. Chapter 11 debtors in different regions. ... The Court's holding today also should not be ...

I Shall (Not) Be Released: With Purdue Pharma Decision, US ...

In the Supreme Court's recent Purdue Pharma decision, the Court held in a 5-4 ruling that the Bankruptcy Code does not authorize any non- ...