Legal Opinion
United States Trustee v. Price Waterhouse Sharon Steel Corporation Sharon Specialty Steel Inc. Monessen Inc
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 16, 1994No. 93-3337PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ALITO, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from a district court order affirming a bankruptcy court order that approved the employment by several debtors in possession of an accounting firm that had a claim against their estates for prepetition services. Applying the plain language of 11 U.S.C. § 327(a) and related provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, we hold that the district court and the bankruptcy court erred, and we therefore reverse.
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In November 1992, Sharon Steel Corporation, Sharon Specialty Steel, Inc., and Mones-sen, Inc. filed voluntary petitions for relief under…
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