Does the 2017 Amendment to 28 USC 1930(a)(6)(B) Violate the Uniformity Requirement of the US Constitution Bankruptcy Clause?
Does the 2017 Amendment to 28 U.S.C. 1930(a)(6)(B), increasing quarterly fees payable by a Chapter 11 debtor in a Trustee district, but not in an Administrator district, violate the uniformity of laws provision of the Constitution's Bankruptcy Clause because it increased quarterly fees solely in Trustee districts but not in Bankruptcy Administrator districts?
Don Detweiler and Fran Lawall, partners in Troutman Pepper's Financial Restructuring + Insolvency Practice Group, discuss the issue in their article published in the April 18, 2022 edition of the ABA's Preview of the United States Supreme Court Cases.