Legal Opinion
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan v. Hillsborough Holdings Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided November 18, 1997No. 96-2605PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judge:
This case concerns a bankruptcy court’s refusal under 11 U.S.C. § 330(a)(2) to reimburse two law firms for certain categories of expenses the firms incurred in their work on a bankruptcy case because the court believed that the expenses of these generic types were part of a firm’s “overhead” and were already built into its hourly billing rates.
I. Background
Hillsborough Holdings Corporation and thirty-one of its affiliates filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code on December 27, 1989. Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler,…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- In the Matter of First Colonial Corp. Of America, Bankrupt. American Benefit Life Insurance Company, Appellants-Cross-Appellees v. Franz J. Baddock, Trustee, Appellee-Cross-Appellant. In the Matter of First Colonial Corp. Of America, Bankrupt. Bert K. Robinson v. American Benefit Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1977
- In Re Busy Beaver Building Centers, Inc. Kirkpatrick & LockhartCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1994
- In Re Jensen-Farley Pictures, Inc.United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Utah · 1985
- In Re RED CARPET CORPORATION OF PANAMA CITY BEACH, Debtor. Jimmy HATCHER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. John MILLER, Respondent-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
- In Re Convent Guardian Corp.United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · 1989
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3Cited by45 opinions
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