Legal Opinion
Peele v. Cunningham (In Re Texas Securities, Inc.)
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 7, 2000No. 99-11012PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
M. Bruce Peele seeks review of the bankruptcy court’s ruling on his final application for fees. Because we find that the ruling was inconsistent with 11 U.S.C. § 328(a), we REVERSE and REMAND for the recalculation of Peele’s fees.
Hill, Held, Metzger, Lofgren & Peele, P.C., (“Hill & Held”) was employed as special litigation counsel to represent the trustee for Texas Securities, Inc. The original Employment Order, dated April 6, 1994, provided that the law firm was to be employed on a contingent fee basis, giving it a 40% fee for assets recovered for the…
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