Legal Opinion
In Re Johnson
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. California
Decided November 21, 2008No. 19-90086PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ON APPLICATIONS FOR EMPLOYMENT AND COMPENSATION
CHRISTOPHER M. KLEIN, Bankruptcy Judge:
The problem is how, in the wake of the Supreme Court decision in Lamie v. United States Trustee, 540 U.S. 526, 124 S.Ct. 1023, 157 L.Ed.2d 1024 (2004), to pay counsel to former debtors in possession under 11 U.S.C. § 330(a) for services needed to effect smooth transition to a chapter 11 trustee. The answer is for the trustee to employ the debtors’ counsel pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 327(e) for the specified special purpose of performing transition services requested by the trustee.
A chapter 11 trustee…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Lamie v. United States TrusteeSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- United States v. Thomas Alan SumnerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
- In re JarvisCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1995
- Transamerica Insurance Company v. Ronald M. South, Roy W. Brunsmann, Walter E. Jones, Kathleen Jones, and Iris L. HannonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
- In Re B.E.S. Concrete Products, Inc.United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. California · 1988
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- In re Anctil Plumbing & Mechanical Contractors, Inc.United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · 2009
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- Berliner v. PappalardoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2012
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