Circuit City Bankruptcy U.S. Trustee Says Fee Scheme Does Not Violate Constitution

Mealey's (March 30, 2022, 1:30 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congress did not exceed its constitutional authority when it enacted a law in 2017 governing the amount of quarterly bankruptcy fees owed to maintain the U.S. trustee program, so a Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that the funding scheme does not violate the uniformity requirement of the Constitution should be affirmed, the trustee for Circuit City’s Chapter 11 case tells the U.S. Supreme Court in a March 28 respondent brief on the merits....