Legal Opinion
In Re Continental Airlines Corp.
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Texas
Decided August 31, 1989No. 19-30715PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RANDOLPH F. WHELESS, Jr., Chief Judge.
Plaintiff, George C. Thompson (“Thompson”), seeks allowance of attorney’s fees on an unsecured claim for settling expenses from the Defendant and Debtor, Continental Airlines (“Continental” or “Debtor”). In response, Continental asserts that attorney fees are not allowed because: (1) Continental’s Confirmation Plan does not provide claimants such as Thompson attorney’s fees; and (2) the Bankruptcy Code does not award an unsecured creditor post petition attorney fees.
I. Facts
The facts of this matter are relatively simple. George Thompson was employed as a…
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