Legal Opinion
Lawler v. Teofan
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 14, 1987No. 85-1684PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:
This appeal is lodged by H. Roger Lawler, a debtor in bankruptcy. He claims that an award in bankruptcy of $1,950,865 in attorneys’ fees to Richard W. Horton and Vernon O. Teofan is too high. Horton and Teofan are cross-appealing the amount of the award as inadequate.
I. Facts
This dispute over attorneys’ fees is the latest, and hopefully the last, disagreement in a series of controversies which have occupied these parties for almost eleven years. The original cause of action arose in January 1976, when Horton filed an involuntary petition in bankruptcy against…
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2Cases cited12 opinions
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- In the Matter of First Colonial Corp. Of America, Bankrupt. American Benefit Life Insurance Company, Appellants-Cross-Appellees v. Franz J. Baddock, Trustee, Appellee-Cross-Appellant. In the Matter of First Colonial Corp. Of America, Bankrupt. Bert K. Robinson v. American Benefit Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1977
- In the Matter of Consolidated Bancshares, Inc., D/B/A Consolidated Investors, Inc., Debtor. Pierson & Gaylen, Ray & Terrell & Grubbs, Cross- v Creel & Atwood and Jack Bryant, Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- Copper Liquor, Inc., Robert Earl Basham, Jr., or the Estate of Harold Letcher, Deceased, Cross-Appellant v. Adolph Coors Company, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- In The Matter Of U.S. Golf CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Lawler v. TeofanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
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- Garmong v. Montgomery CountyDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1987