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IN RE CIRCUIT CITY STORES, INC.

No. 19-2240, No. 19-2255.

996 F.3d 156 (2021)

IN RE: CIRCUIT CITY STORES, INCORPORATED; Circuit City Stores West Coast, Incorporated; InterTAN, Inc.; Ventoux International, Inc.; Circuit City Purchasing Company, LLC; CC Aviation, LLC; CC Distribution Company of Virginia, Inc.; Circuit City Properties, LLC; Kinzer Technology, LLC; Abbott Advertising Agency, Incorporated; Patapsco Designs, Inc.; Sky Venture Corp.; PRAHS, Inc. (N/A); XSStuff, LLC; Mayland MN, LLC; Courchevel, LLC; Orbyx Electronics, LLC; Circuit City Stores PR, LLC, Debtors. Alfred H. Siegel, Trustee of the Circuit City Stores, Inc. Liquidating Trust, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John P. Fitzgerald, III, Acting United States Trustee for Region 4, Defendant-Appellant. Acadiana Management Group, LLC; Albuquerque-AMG Specialty Hospital, LLC; Central Indiana-AMG Specialty Hospital, LLC; LTAC Hospital of Edmond, LLC; Houma-AMG Specialty Hospital, LLC; LTAC of Louisiana, LLC; Las Vegas-AMG Specialty Hospital, LLC; Warren Boegel; Boegel Farms, LLC; Three Bo's, Inc., Amici Supporting Appellee. In re: Circuit City Stores, Incorporated; Circuit City Stores West Coast, Incorporated; InterTAN, Inc.; Ventoux International, Inc.; Circuit City Purchasing Company, LLC; CC Aviation, LLC; CC Distribution Company of Virginia, Inc.; Circuit City Properties, LLC; Kinzer Technology, LLC; Abbott Advertising Agency, Incorporated; Patapsco Designs, Inc.; Sky Venture Corp.; PRAHS, Inc. (N/A); XSStuff, LLC; Mayland MN, LLC; Courchevel, LLC; Orbyx Electronics, LLC; Circuit City Stores PR, LLC, Debtors. Alfred H. Siegel, Trustee of the Circuit City Stores, Inc. Liquidating Trust, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John P. Fitzgerald, III, Acting United States Trustee for Region 4, Defendant-Appellee. Acadiana Management Group, LLC; Albuquerque-AMG Specialty Hospital, LLC; Central Indiana-AMG Specialty Hospital, LLC; LTAC Hospital of Edmond, LLC; Houma-AMG Specialty Hospital, LLC; LTAC of Louisiana, LLC; Las Vegas-AMG Specialty Hospital, LLC; Warren Boegel; Boegel Farms, LLC; Three Bo's, Inc., Amici Supporting Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: April 29, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Jeffrey E. Sandberg , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellant/Cross-Appellee. Andrew William Caine , PACHULSKI STANG ZIEHL & JONES LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant. ON BRIEF: Joseph H. Hunt , Assistant Attorney General, Mark B. Stern , Civil Division, Ramona D. Elliott , Deputy Director/General Counsel, P. Matthew Sutko , Associate General Counsel, Beth Levene , Executive Office for United States Trustees, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellant/Cross-Appellee. Lynn L. Tavenner , Paula S. Beran , David N. Tabakin , TAVENNER & BERAN, PLC, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant. Bradley L. Drell , Heather M. Mathews , GOLD, WEEMS, BRUSER, SUES & RUNDELL, Alexandria, Lousiana, for Amici Acadiana Management Group, LLC, Albuquerque-AMG Specialty Hospital, LLC, Central Indiana-AMG Specialty Hospital, LLC, LTAC Hospital of Edmond, LLC, Houma-AMG Specialty Hospital, LLC, LTAC of Louisiana, LLC, Las Vegas-AMG Specialty Hospital, LLC, Warren Boegel, Boegel Farms, LLC, and Three Bo's, Inc.

Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded by published opinion. Judge King wrote the majority opinion, in which Senior Judge Traxler joined. Judge Quattlebaum wrote a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.

These consolidated appeals present two constitutional issues concerning changes made to the bankruptcy laws nearly four years ago. Alfred H. Siegel, Trustee of the Circuit City Stores, Inc., Liquidating Trust (the "Circuit City Trustee"), sought a ruling in 2019 on his liability for quarterly fees assessed under a 2017 Amendment...

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