Levin & Weintraub v. Alfred A. Rosenberg, Trustee, in the Matter of Beehler Arts, Ltd., Bankrupt

SMITH, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Rayfiel, J., upholding the bankruptcy referee’s determination that the attorney fees paid by the debtor to the appellant were excessive. The $2550 fee was reduced to $750, primarily because the size of the estate had shrunk considerably in administration. We find the reduction justified and affirm the order.

The petition was filed more than two years before the trustee moved to examine the fees paid to the appellant. The referee determined that the trustee was barred…