Legal Opinion
In Re: William Engel, Debtor. Ferrara & Hantman Robert J. Hantman v. Jesus Antonio Alvarez Theodore J. Liscinski, Jr., Trustee United States Trustee
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 3, 1997No. 96-5256PublishedCited by 100 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
GARTH, Circuit Judge:
The question we must answer on this appeal is whether an appointment of special counsel under § 327(e) of the Bankruptcy Code requires that compensation for special counsel’s services be paid from estate funds where no benefit to the bankruptcy estate has been achieved. We hold that § 330 of the Bankruptcy Code requires that services rendered by special counsel benefit the estate before payment from estate funds may be authorized. Hence, we affirm the district court’s order, which had affirmed the bankruptcy court’s order denying compensation to…
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