Files
Fabio 00a184bb3c Legal corpus: U.S. Code titles 1–11 from pinned OLRC XML (11,050 sections)
Raw OLRC USLM XML zips @ release 119-100 (retrieved 2026-07-04 via
Atlas depot), ingested with the standard pipeline: raw snapshot ->
per-section OKF markdown -> manifest + checksums. Title 52 untouched.
LegalText: 171 -> 11,221. Titles 12-54 await a clean OLRC retry.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-06 09:52:37 -04:00

52 lines
2.2 KiB
Markdown
Raw Permalink Blame History

This file contains ambiguous Unicode characters
This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.
---
type: "LegalText"
title: "11 U.S.C. § 324"
description: "Removal of trustee or examiner"
jurisdiction: "us"
corpus: "united_states_code"
kind: "code_section"
title_number: 11
title_name: "BANKRUPTCY"
chapter_number: "3"
chapter_name: "CASE ADMINISTRATION"
section: "324"
citation: "11 U.S.C. § 324"
status: "current"
release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
source: "official"
source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc11@119-100.zip"
source_identifier: "/us/usc/t11/s324"
source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-11/usc11.xml"
source_hash: "ff49333f1eb2e043fe71ce8857959a112ef9fe593ccf237786edbaf8f78810ca"
raw_snapshot_hash: "49b32bf784de01de21874d64b5d1d78d1d245352824a03caa6d6b941a4a2c9a2"
text_hash: "b140d299903c8f68792df6d2d1974808569593b9925597e63a439f186ad45acc"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
confidence: "official"
tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
---
# 11 U.S.C. § 324 - Removal of trustee or examiner
## Text
(a) The court, after notice and a hearing, may remove a trustee, other than the United States trustee, or an examiner, for cause.
(b) Whenever the court removes a trustee or examiner under subsection (a) in a case under this title, such trustee or examiner shall thereby be removed in all other cases under this title in which such trustee or examiner is then serving unless the court orders otherwise.
(Pub. L. 95598, Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2562; Pub. L. 99554, title II, § 208, Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3098.)
## Notes
Historical and Revision Notes
senate report no. 95989This section permits the court, after notice and a hearing, to remove a trustee for cause.
Editorial Notes
Amendments1986—Pub. L. 99554 amended section generally, designating existing provisions as subsec. (a), substituting “a trustee, other than the United States trustee, or an examiner” for “a trustee or an examiner”, and adding subsec. (b).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1986 AmendmentEffective date and applicability of amendment by Pub. L. 99554 dependent upon the judicial district involved, see section 302(d), (e) of Pub. L. 99554, set out as a note under section 581 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.