No. 21-1354
Bast Amron LLP v. United States Trustee Region 21
Tags: bankruptcy-administrator bankruptcy-clause bankruptcy-courts bankruptcy-fees bankruptcy-trustee bankruptcy-uniformity chapter-11-bankruptcy congressional-power constitutional-interpretation fee-disparity judicial-districts
Latest Conference:
2022-06-23
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether the Bankruptcy Judgeship Act violates the uniformity requirement of the Bankruptcy Clause by increasing quarterly fees solely in U.S. Trustee districts.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Bankruptcy Judgeship Act violates the uniformity requirement of the Bankruptcy Clause
Docket Entries
2022-07-29
JUDGMENT ISSUED
2022-06-27
Petition GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of Siegel v. Fitzgerald, 596 U. S. ___ (2022).
2022-06-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/23/2022.
2022-05-18
Memorandum of respondent United States Trustee Region 21 filed.
2022-04-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 18, 2022)
Attorneys
Bast Amron LLP
Jeffrey P. Bast — Bast Amron LLP, Petitioner
United States Trustee Region 21
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent