28 U.S.C. § 589
Section 589 · Staff and other employees
This is § 224 of the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 (Title 11)
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case In Re Vigil (2006)
Most recently applied in In Re Vigil (June 2006)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
The United States trustee may employ staff and other employees on approval of the Attorney General.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Codification
Section 408(c) of Pub. L. 95–598, as amended, which provided for the repeal of this section and the deletion of any references to United States Trustees in this title at a prospective date, was repealed by section 307(b) of Pub. L. 99–554. See note set out preceding section 581 of this title.
Temporary Suspension of Limitation on Appointments
Pub. L. 99–554, title I, §114(b), Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3093, provided that: “During the period beginning on the effective date of this Act [see section 302 of Pub. L. 99–554, set out as an Effective Date note under section 581 of this title] and ending on October 1, 1989, the provisions of title 5 of the United States Code governing appointments in the competitive service shall not apply with respect to appointments under section 589 of title 28, United States Code.”