Supreme Court Skeptical of Bankrupt Company’s Demand for Court Fee Refund

Published on January 11, 2024

Supreme Court justices seemed skeptical of a bankrupt company’s claim that court fees it paid should be refunded after the nation’s highest court struck down the law authorizing the fee schedule in 2022. The case is United States Trustee v. John Q. Hammons Fall 2006 LLC. The oral argument took place at the Supreme Court on Jan. 9. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) runs the United States Trustee Program, which it describes as “the component of the Department of Justice responsible for overseeing the administration of bankruptcy cases and private trustees.” A group of hotels argued it was treated unfairly when it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Kansas. Bankruptcy courts in every judicial district outside of Alabama and North Carolina operate under the DOJ program....

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