Alfred H. Siegel, Trustee of the Circuit City Stores, Inc. Liquidating Trust, Petitioner v. John P. Fitzgerald, III, Acting United States Trustee for Region 4

  1. June 07, 2022

    US Trustee Fee Hike Nixed, Infowars To Drop Its Ch. 11 Case

    The U.S. Supreme Court has struck down a law raising U.S. Trustee's Office fees, podcast conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is dropping Infowars' Chapter 11 case, and the Carolina Panthers' owner moved a real estate development venture into bankruptcy. This is the week in bankruptcy.

  2. June 07, 2022

    Justices' US Trustee Fee Ruling Could Wreak Ch. 11 Havoc

    The U.S. Supreme Court's decision this week that a 2017 increase in U.S. trustee fees was unconstitutionally non-uniform came without any guidance as to a potential remedy, leaving the Fourth Circuit with options that would likely create chaos for debtors and the trustee system, bankruptcy experts say.

  3. June 06, 2022

    Justices Ax US Trustee Fee Hike As Non-Uniform Law

    The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously struck down a 2017 fee increase charged to Chapter 11 debtors in districts administered by the U.S. Trustee's Office, saying the law violated the clause of the Constitution that requires bankruptcy laws to be applied uniformly.

  4. April 18, 2022

    Ch. 11 Trustee Fee Hike Was Non-Uniform Law, Justices Told

    An attorney for the liquidating trustee of former electronics retailer Circuit City told the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday that a system that allows debtors in different jurisdictions to pay disparate fees to the Office of the U.S. Trustee is a clear violation of the Constitution's uniformity rules for bankruptcy.

  5. March 29, 2022

    US Trustee Asks High Court To Back Ch. 11 Fee Increase

    The Office of the U.S. Trustee is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a 2017 law increasing the fees owed by Chapter 11 debtors, saying that while the hike had not been applied in every bankruptcy court at once, there is nothing in the Constitution saying that it had to be.

  6. March 01, 2022

    Circuit City Trustee Calls For Ch. 11 Fee Disparity Answer

    The liquidating trustee of former electronics retailer Circuit City has told the U.S. Supreme Court in a brief that the 2017 increase in fees owed by Chapter 11 debtors to the U.S. Trustee's Office presents a serious question of constitutionality that has sown division among lower courts.

  7. January 10, 2022

    High Court To Hear Circuit Split Over Ch. 11 Fee Hike

    The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to consider whether a 2017 increase in the fees owed by Chapter 11 debtors to the Office of the United States Trustee is constitutional, granting a petition for a writ of certiorari Monday submitted by the liquidating trustee of defunct retailer Circuit City.

  8. September 23, 2021

    High Court Asked To Decide Fight Over Ch. 11 Trustee Fees

    An ongoing battle over the constitutionality of a 2017 law that increased the fees owed by Chapter 11 debtors in some jurisdictions has made its way to the nation's highest court, with the liquidating trustee in Circuit City's bankruptcy case asking the U.S. Supreme Court to decide the issue.