Petry v. Califano

OPINION OP THE COURT

GIBBONS, Circuit Judge:

For the second time an unsecured creditor of Meade Land and Development Co., Inc., appeals from an order of the district court respecting fees awarded to counsel for the receiver and trustee of that bankrupt corporation. In the previous appeal we vacated an order affirming a bankruptcy judge’s award in the amount of $50,000 and remanded “for a redetermination [of the award], calculated, insofar as pertinent, on the basis of those hours which can be supported by records.” In re Meade Land & Dev. Co., Inc., 527 F.2d 280, 283 (3d Cir. 1975) (footnote…