Legal Opinion
Connolly v. Harris Trust Co.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided October 31, 2002No. 01-1263PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHEN H. ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.
Thomas H. Connolly, Chapter 7 trustee for the debtor, MiniScribe Corporation, appeals from orders of the district court (1) reversing an order of the bankruptcy court awarding him a trustee’s fee of $3,044,953.69, and (2) ordering that he be allowed a fee of $1,828,812. We affirm.
FACTS
On January 1, 1990, the debtor filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy under Chapter 11. It converted the case to a Chapter 7 liquidation on April 16, 1991. Ten days later, Connolly was appointed Chapter 7 trustee.
At the time Connolly assumed his duties as trustee, the…
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