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In Re Westmoreland

District Court, M.D. Georgia

Decided May 4, 1967No. 14498PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BOOTLE, Chief Judge:

This petition for review presents the question whether an attorney should be allowed a fee for representing a wage earner in a Chapter XIII Bankruptcy proceeding when one of the unsecured creditors filing a claim therein is an industrial loan company in which the attorney owns ys of the stock, is a director and secretary-treasurer.

The creditor is Bankers Finance Company operating for pecuniary profit under the Georgia Industrial Loan Act. The wage earner is Alfred A. Dennis, Jr. Mr. Dennis, who had used Chapter XIII once before, came to Mr. Carl E. Westmoreland on this…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Woods v. City Nat. Bank & Trust Co. of ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
  2. Weil v. NearySupreme Court of the United States · 1929
  3. Jackson v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
  4. In Re BuderSupreme Court of Missouri · 1949
  5. Gillette v. Newhouse Realty Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1929

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. In Re RobertsUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Utah · 1985
  2. Estates Theatres, Inc. v. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1972
  3. In Re 765 AssociatesUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Hawaii · 1981
  4. Barton v. Chrysler (In Re Paine)District Court, W.D. Michigan · 1981
  5. In Re Bergdog Productions of Hawaii, Inc.United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Hawaii · 1980

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