Cohen v. United States

OPINION

Before BROWNING, WALLACE and SNEED, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM:

Appellant Lee J. Cohen applied for compensation for services rendered as counsel for the debtor in possession in a Chapter XI proceeding. The referee in bankruptcy denied the application on the ground that no order had been entered appointing appellant as counsel in. accordance with Bankruptcy General Order 44.

Appellant then filed a motion for entry of an order appointing appellant as counsel to the debtor in possession nunc pro tunc, and for reopening of the hearing on appellant’s application for allowance of compensation.…