United States v. Miller
U.S. Supreme Court · decided March 26, 2025 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Decided
- March 26, 2025
- Term
- October Term 2024
- Vote
- 8–1
- Majority author
- Justice Jackson
- Issue area
- Economic Activity
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Conservative
Opinion excerpt
PRELIMINARY PRINT Volume 604 U. S. Part 2 Pages 518–541 OFFICIAL REPORTS OF THE SUPREME COURT March 26, 2025 Page Proof Pending Publication REBECCA A. WOMELDORF reporter of decisions NOTICE: This preliminary print is subject to formal revision before the bound volume is published. Users are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D. C. 20543, pio@supremecourt.gov, of any typographical or other formal errors. Syllabus UNITED STATES v. MILLER certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the tenth circuit No. 23–824. Argued December 2, 2024—Decided March 26, 2025 This case concerns the powers given a bankruptcy trustee under § 544(b) of the Bankruptcy Code to set aside, or “avoid,” certain fraudulent transfers of a debtor's assets. See 11 U. S. C. § 544(b)(1). Respondent is the bankruptcy trustee of a failed Utah-based business whose share- holders misappropriated $145,000 in company funds to satisfy their per- sonal federal tax liabilities. Respondent fled an “avoidance” suit against the United States seeking to claw back the misappropriated funds for the beneft of the bankruptcy estate. He fled the action pur- suant to § 544(b), which allows a trustee to “avoid any transfer of an interest of the debtor . . . that is voidable under applicable law by a creditor holding an unsecured claim.” But to prevail under…
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