Supreme Court Says Government Doesn’t Have to Refund Bankruptcy Fees

Three conservative justices dissented, saying the ruling is inconsistent.

The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on May 29, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

The Supreme Court on June 14 rejected on a 6–3 vote a bankrupt company’s claim that excessive court fees that it paid should be refunded after the nation’s highest court struck down the law authorizing the fee schedule in 2022.

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote the majority opinion in Office of the U.S. Trustee v. John Q. Hammons Fall 2006 LLC.