Blumenthal v. Myers (In Re M & M Marketing, L.L.C.)
United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
VENTERS, Bankruptcy Judge.
This is an appeal of the bankruptcy court’s order denying Creditor Michael Blumenthal’s “Motion to Remove Professional David Skalka and Croker Huck Law Firm,” and a related order granting the Trustee’s supplemental application to employ David Skalka and Croker Huck as special counsel. For the reasons stated below, we reverse these orders. 1
I. STANDARD OF REVIEW
We review a bankruptcy court’s decision concerning the employment of an attorney for abuse of discretion. 2 A court abuses its discretion “when its ruling is founded on an error of law or a misapplication of…
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- In Re RobertsDistrict Court, D. Utah · 1987
- Forbes v. Forbes (In Re Forbes)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit · 1997
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