United States Supreme Court

The Bankruptcy Court exceeded the limits of its authority when it ordered that the $75,000 protected by the debtor's homestead exemption be made available to pay the bankruptcy trustee's attorney's fees, which were incurred by the trustee in overcoming the debtor's fraudulent misrepresentations.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/04/2014
• Published 03/04/2014

Judges

• SCALIA

Court

• United States Supreme Court

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