Bertola v. Northern Wisconsin Produce Co. (In Re Bertola)
United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DONOVAN, Bankruptcy Judge.
Robert Michael Bertola appeals the bankruptcy court’s judgment awarding $96,841 in attorneys’ fees to Northern Wisconsin Produce Company, Inc. Northern Wisconsin incurred these fees in multiple actions related to the adversary proceeding below, in which the dischargeability of Bertola’s debts was contested. Because the bankruptcy court used incorrect legal standards in the award of attorneys’ fees, we REVERSE the judgment and REMAND with directions.
FACTS
This case is about stolen cheese. In or around January 2001, Robert Michael Ber-tola and The Cheese Company…
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