Legal Opinion
ASARCO LLC v. Baker Botts, L.L.P. (In re ASARCO LLC)
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided August 8, 2012No. Nos. 2:11-CV-290, 05-21207PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER ON THE FEE APPLICATION OF BAKER BOTTS, L.L.P
ANDREW S. HANEN, District Judge.
The primary issue in this case presents the Court with a somewhat unusual, but, in substance, a very simple question. Its answer is not nearly so simple. The answer is complex in legal terms and has competing equitable arguments that make this Court’s ruling somewhat harsh or conversely somewhat generous depending on one’s point-of-view. The primary question before the Court is:
Should a well-compensated law firm that performed superbly in a hotly contested adversary proceeding, and whose…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- Saizan v. Delta Concrete Products Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2006
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3Cited by2 opinions
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