In Re Hale-Halsell Co.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

TERRENCE L. MICHAEL, Bankruptcy Judge.

To paraphrase one of the great songs of the 1950s, in bankruptcy cases, compromise is a many splendored thing. 1 Indeed, were it not for the art of compromise, this case would likely be saddled with sixteen tons of litigation. 2 The question presently before the Court is whether to approve a compromise involving an enhanced award of fees to counsel. There have been no objections to the proposed compromise, which would normally ease the task at hand. However, there is a fly in the ointment: the compromise runs contrary to the order that…