Legal Opinion
Godfrey v. Powell
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 5, 1947No. 11737PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCORD, Circuit Judge.
At the conclusion of much litigation in which appellants were not successful,1 they bring this appeal from a decree denying their claims for expenses and attorneys’ fees.
Appellants insist that the lower court erred in not allowing them the sums of $60,000 as legal fees and $19,445.44 as expenses. They claim that by their intervention in the proceedings they aided in preserving, protecting, and benefiting the receivership aud foreclosure estate to the advantage of all public bondholders. Inter-veners held $885,000 in amount of the total of $7,635,000 bonds held by the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Trustees v. GreenoughSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Gochenour v. Cleveland Terminals Bldg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1944
- In Re Paramount Publix CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1936
- Sullivan & Cromwell v. Colorado Fuel & Iron Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1938
- Teasdale v. Sefton Nat. Fibre Can Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1936
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- In The Matter Of Diplomat Electric, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- In the Matter of Pyramid Mobile Homes, Inc., Bankrupt. Pyramid Mobile Homes, Inc. v. James Speake, TrusteeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- In The Matter Of Braniff Airways, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- In re BushyheadUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Oklahoma · 2015
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