2nd Circ. Redo the offer of the American trustee of Nixes in a case of rising costs

By Rick Archer (September 17, 2021, 7:58 p.m. EDT) – The Second Circuit on Friday denied a request from the United States Trustee‘s office for a rehearing of its May ruling that an increase in the office’s quarterly fees had been unfairly applied and that a debtor had to be reimbursed for its payments on constitutional grounds.

The Circuit rejected the request of US Trustee of Region 2, William Harrington, for a panel or a new bench hearing, rejecting his argument that the panel was in error and that the decision could seriously disrupt the trustees’ agenda.

In May, a three-judge panel said that a 2017 increase in quarterly fees owed to the U.S. administrator violated consistency …

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2nd Circ. Redo the offer of the American trustee of Nixes in a case of rising costs

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