Legal Opinion

In the Matter of Cle-Ware Industries, Inc., Debtor. Cle-Ware Industries, Inc. v. Howard Sokolsky

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided February 26, 1974No. 73-1063PublishedCited by 96 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PHILLIPS, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal of an order of the District Court which affirmed an allowance of attorneys’ fees entered by a Bankruptcy Judge in a Chapter XI proceeding under the Bankruptcy Act. Jurisdiction is based on 11 U.S.C. § 47.

New issues in bankruptcy administration are litigated so frequently as the question of attorneys’ fees. 1 Yet few areas of bankruptcy law are as clouded by uncertainty about the meaning of statutes, rules and judicial opinions as the area of attorneys’ fees. There is, however, agreement that the allowance of fees to an attorney depends largely upon the…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Randolph v. ScruggsSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
  2. In Re Eureka Upholstering Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1931
  3. Page v. RogersSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
  4. In the Matter of Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Company, Debtor. Lamb, Blake, Hutchinson & Dunne and Strasser, Spiegelberg, Fried & Frank, Hudson & Manhattan CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964
  5. Realty Associates Securities Corp. v. O'ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1935

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3Cited by96 opinions

  1. 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
  2. In the Matter of Triangle Chemicals, Inc., Debtor. Darryl Fanelli v. Nelson T. Hensley, TrusteeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
  3. In Re RobertsUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Utah · 1985
  4. In Re Meade Land and Development Co., Inc. Appeal of Eastgate Enterprises, IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1975
  5. Ford Motor Credit Company v. Robert L. Weaver, John C. Weaver and Sons and Weaver Farms, DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1982

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