Legal Opinion
Market Center East Retail Property, Inc. v. Lurie (In Re Market Center East Retail Property, Inc.)
Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Tenth Circuit
Decided March 6, 2012No. BAP No. NM-11-017. Bankruptcy No. 09-11696PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MICHAEL, Bankruptcy Judge.
In the world where bankruptcy judges labor, love does not make the world go ‘round. 1 The United States Bankruptcy Code (the “Code”), and the discretion granted to bankruptcy judges under the Code, do. 2 In this appeal, we are asked to define the limits of a bankruptcy judge’s discretion in awarding attorney’s fees under § 330. The appellant asks us to severely limit such discretion and confine a bankruptcy judge to what is commonly known as the “lodestar” approach-hours worked times hourly rate — in determining a reasonable fee. The appellees, who were awarded far…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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3Cited by24 opinions
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