Legal Opinion
In re Wilson
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 10, 2015No. 15-1150PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal challenges as excessive the fee — $28,030.33—awarded by the bankruptcy court to the bankruptcy trustee, Bruce Lanser, in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy and upheld by the district court. The challenge is by the principal unsecured creditor, Mohns, Inc.
The debtors (a married couple) had hired Mohns to build a house for them, but *820they were dissatisfied with Mohns’s work and refused to pay. Mohns sued them in state court and obtained a $142,899 judgment. Unable to pay it, the debtors filed a Chapter 7 petition in February 2011. The bankruptcy proceeding, including the…
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