Legal Opinion
I. A. Blanch v. James K. Rankin, Trustee of Georgia Book Brokers, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 12, 1961No. 18632PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Per curiam
The question before us is whether the district court erred in denying appellant’s Motion to Review the order of the Referee in Bankruptcy fixing his fee as attorney for the Trustee. The appellant filed with the Referee in Bankruptcy an application for attorney’s fees in the sum of $3,950.00, and the Referee fixed his fee at $950.00 based largely upon the size of the estate, which amounted to about $8,500.00.
Appellant had been one of the attorneys for the petitioning creditors in a suit for receivership in a Georgia State Court; and when these proceedings were arrested by the intervention of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Campbell v. GreenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1940
- Matter of Paramount Merrick, Inc., Bankrupt. Benjamin Finkel and Samuel L. Nadler, Copartners as Finkel & Nadler, David Strauss & Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1958
- Hammer v. TuffyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1944
- Silver v. RosenbergCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1944
3Cited by8 opinions
- American Benefit Life Insurance v. BaddockCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- The Official Creditors' Committee of Fox Markets, Inc. v. Walter Ely and Stuart L. KadisonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964
- In Re Dole CompanyDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1965
- In The Matter Of Schumaker Construction, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1965
- In re Colonial Distributing Co.District Court, D. South Carolina · 1970
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