Legal Opinion
Bernard P. Rome v. Joseph Braunstein, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 22, 1994No. 93-1971PublishedCited by 154 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CYR, Circuit Judge.
Bernard P. Rome, Esquire, appeals from a district court order entered on intermediate appeal, affirming a bankruptcy court ruling under Bankruptcy Code § 328(c) disallowing Rome’s application for fees as court-appointed counsel to chapter 7 debtor Chestnut Hill Mortgage Corporation (CHM) due to disqualifying conflicts of interest. Finding no error, we affirm.
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BACKGROUND
As its longtime corporate clerk and counsel, Rome filed a chapter 11 petition in behalf of CHM in November 1989, followed by an application for Rome’s appointment as counsel to the chapter 11 debtor in…
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