Legal Opinion
In Re Motors Liquidation Co.
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 16, 2010No. 19-10772PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENCH DECISION 1 AND ORDER ON RETROACTIVITY OF CAPLIN & DRYSDALE RETENTION AND COMPENSATION
ROBERT E. GERBER, Bankruptcy Judge.
Under an earlier order, I granted a wholly uncontroversial application by the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors Holding Asbestos-Related Claims (the “Asbestos Claims Committee”) for authority to retain the law firm of Caplin & Drysdale Chartered (“C & D”) as its counsel. But this otherwise straightforward application became controversial when I was called upon to address the date to which my order should be retroactive — or, more fundamentally, from which C & D…
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