U.S. Supreme Court Denies SCIF's Challenge to 9th Circuit Decision

The U.S. Supreme Court will not review a 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decision that allowed a bankruptcy trustee to recoup a $101,531 restitution payment made to State Compensation Insurance Fund. The nation's highest court denied State Fund's petition for certiorari in the case of SCIF v. Zamora on Monday, after discussing the petition during a March 18 conference between the justices. The insurer had sought to overturn a 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decision from August 2010, which had allowed bankruptcy trustee Nancy Zamora to recoup restitution payment made to the insurer. The case...