Gonzalez v. Gottlieb (In Re Metro Fulfillment, Inc.)
United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BRANDT, Bankruptcy Judge.
In this appeal, we are asked to determine whether claims for penalty wages under California law for failure to timely pay postpetition wages, and for paying postpetition wages with checks drawn on insufficient funds, are entitled to administrative priority under § 503(b)(1)(A). 1 The bankruptcy court concluded that they were not, reasoning that penalty wages were not actual and necessary costs of preserving the estate. We REVERSE.
I. FACTS
The facts are undisputed. Metro Fulfillment, Inc. (“Debtor”) operated a warehouse in Newhall, California. It filed for…
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