Legal Opinion
In Re Century Cleaning Services, Inc.
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Oregon
Decided November 1, 1996No. 18-63628PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ELIZABETH L. PERRIS, Bankruptcy Judge.
The issue in this ease is whether a lawyer for a Chapter 7 debtor may be paid for postpetition legal services from a retainer that the lawyer obtained from the debtor before the bankruptcy petition was filed, in light of the 1994 amendment to 11 U.S.C. § 330, which deleted debtor’s counsel from the list of entities that may be awarded compensation. ■ For the reasons discussed below, the court determines that the lawyer may be paid from the retainer.
FACTS
After a short period in Chapter 11, the court converted this case to Chapter 7. The…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- People Ex Rel. MacFarlane v. HarthunSupreme Court of Colorado · 1978
- In the Matter of Richard C. Browy, Bankrupts. James S. Brannon, as Trustee in Bankruptcy v. Stephen D. Gay, AttorneyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1976
- In Re FriedlandUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Colorado · 1995
- In Re FassingerUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Oregon · 1996
- Cristopher v. Mir (In Re Boh! Ristorante, Inc.)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
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3Cited by6 opinions
- In Re: Century Cleaning Services, Inc. Debtor, United States Trustee v. Garvey, Schubert & Barer Michael Batlan, TrusteeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1999
- In Re MillerUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Kansas · 1997
- In Re HodesUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Kansas · 1999
- United States Trustee v. Garvey, Schubert & Barer (In Re Century Cleaning Services, Inc.)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 1997
- In Re HillUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Oregon · 2006
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