U.S. Supreme Court Bankruptcy Roundup
On June 6, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a much-awaited decision, Siegel v. Fitzgerald, No. 21-441, __. U.S. __, 2022 WL 1914098 (U.S. June 6, 2022), holding unconstitutional certain aspects of Congress’s 2017 amendment to 28 U.S.C. § 1930(a)(6) (the “2017 Amendment”). The 2017 Amendment dramatically increased the quarterly fees charged by the United States Trustee (“UST”) in chapter 11 cases.
The roots of this dispute go back to the creation of the UST program […]