Legal Opinion
In Re Hempstead Realty Associates
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York
Decided November 17, 1983No. 18-13270PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION ON UNITED STATES TRUSTEE’S OBJECTIONS TO EMPLOYMENT OF LEON C. BAKER, ESQ., AS SPECIAL COUNSEL.
HOWARD SCHWARTZBERG, Bankruptcy Judge.
The United States Trustee for the Southern District of New York objects to the proposed retention of Leon C. Baker, Esq. as special counsel to Hempstead Realty Associates, the debtor in possession in this Chapter 11 case. The objection is bottomed on the fact that Leon Baker is the general partner of the debtor, which is a limited partnership, and therefore, he is an “insider” who fails to meet the disinterestedness test in 11 U.S.C. § 101(13)(A).
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