Reitmeyer v. Wetmore (In Re Wetmore)

MEMORANDUM

WARREN W. BENTZ, Bankruptcy Judge.

At a hearing held May 17, 1990 on the trustee’s final report and account and proposed order of distribution, the court, sua sponte, raised the issue of whether the U.S. Trustee quarterly fees and clerk’s Chapter 11 costs maintain their § 507(a)(1) priority in a case converted from Chapter 11 to Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code. We afforded the U.S. Trustee an opportunity to submit a memorandum of law.

Bankruptcy Code § 507(a)(1) specifies the kind of claims that are entitled to priority in distribution. § 507(a)(1) provides as follows:

§ 507.…