Legal Opinion
James Angell v. Stubbs & Perdue, P.A.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 26, 2016No. 15-1316PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge HARRIS wrote the opinion, in which Judge WILKINSON and Judge KEENAN joined.
PAMELA HARRIS, Circuit Judge:
Stubbs & Perdue, P.A. (“Stubbs”) represented Henry L. Anderson, Jr. (the “Debt- or”) in bankruptcy proceedings, and is owed approximately $200,000 in legal fees from that representation. But the Debtor also is subject to nearly $1 million in secured tax claims, and the estate has insufficient funds to pay both Stubbs’s fees and the tax claim. In practical terms, this case is about which of those claims takes priority in a Chapter 7 liquidation under the…
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