Legal Opinion
In Re Colony Press, Inc.
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided January 27, 1988No. 19-10726PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JAMES F. QUEENAN, Jr., Bankruptcy Judge.
Stanley S. Labovitz (the “Petitioner”) has filed a pleading entitled “Petition” requesting the sum of $9,675.00 for services as assignee for the benefit of creditors of Colony Press, Inc. (the “Debtor”). The petition presents the Court with a question of first impression in this Circuit concerning the possible conflict of interest involved where a lawyer for a debtor also serves as assignee for the benefit of the debtor’s creditors. Also presented are questions of the assignment’s validity under state and federal law due to the provision in the…
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