Office of the United States Trustee, Petitioner v. USA Sales, Inc., dba Statewide Distributors

  1. August 06, 2024

    9th Circ. Kills Trustee Fee Refunds After Justices' Ruling

    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.

  2. June 24, 2024

    Ch. 11 Fee Cases Remanded After 'Very Practical' Decision

    Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has decided refunds aren't owed to debtors who overpaid the U.S. Trustee's Office under a previous fee structure, it sent three similar cases that were pending before it back to the lower courts to give them a crack at applying the ruling.

  3. June 24, 2024

    Justices Send 3 US Trustee Fee Cases Back To Lower Courts

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday vacated three appellate court decisions ordering refunds to debtors who had overpaid U.S. Trustee's Office fees under a previous fee structure and remanded the cases for further adjudication after resolving the issue earlier this month.