United States Trustee v. John Q. Hammons Fall 2006, LLC

Decided June 14, 2024. Ketanji Brown Jackson delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 22-1238 · 602 U.S. 487 (2024) · Cited 2 times

Holding

Prospective parity—i.e., requiring equal fees for otherwise identical Chapter 11 debtors going forward—is the appropriate remedy for the short-lived and small disparity created by the fee statute held unconstitutional in Siegel v. Fitzgerald, 596 U. S. 464 (2022).

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. The lineup is the syllabus’s disposition of who wrote and joined each opinion. Source: the opinion’s syllabus (supremecourt.gov).

Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• McKesson Corp. v. Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco, Fla. Dept. of Business Regulation · 496 U.S. 18 (1990)
• Reich v. Collins · 513 U.S. 106 (1994)
• City of Los Angeles Department of Water v. Manhart · 435 U.S. 702 (1978)
• Harper v. Virginia Department of Taxation · 509 U.S. 86 (1993)
• Heckler v. Mathews · 465 U.S. 728 (1984)
• Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education · 402 U.S. 1 (1971)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. Patterson · 357 U.S. 449 (1958)
• Alden v. Maine · 527 U.S. 706 (1999)
• Lamie v. United States Trustee · 540 U.S. 526 (2004)
• Bowen v. Michigan Academy of Family Physicians · 476 U.S. 667 (1986)
• Rumsfeld v. Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights, Inc. · 547 U.S. 47 (2006)
• Welsh v. United States · 398 U.S. 333 (1970)
• Barnes v. Gorman · 536 U.S. 181 (2002)
• Londoner v. City and County of Denver · 210 U.S. 373 (1908)
• Califano v. Westcott · 443 U.S. 76 (1979)
• Louisiana v. Wood · 102 U.S. 294 (1880)
• National Pork Producers Council v. Ross · 598 U.S. 356 (2023)
• Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services Assn. of America, Ltd. · 601 U.S. 416 (2024)
• Culley v. Marshall · 601 U.S. 377 (2024)

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