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In Re Chou-Chen Chemicals, Inc.

United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Kentucky

Decided July 19, 1983No. 14-30696PublishedCited by 56 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

MERRITT S. DEITZ, Jr., Bankruptcy Judge.

This opinion broaches that most delicate of subjects, attorneys’ fees in a vigorously contested Chapter 11 proceeding. For the first time we entirely disallow the attorney’s fees requested by a reorganization petitioner. The ground of disallowance is conflict of interest. We will write long and carefully.

Proper understanding of an intricate interplay of events requires that this opinion be divided into several parts. We will deal, in turn, with: (1) The dramatis personae in the action; (2) a description of the nature and character of…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Dolores J. Copeland, Individually and on Behalf of the Class of All Others Similarly Situated v. F. Ray Marshall, Secretary of LaborCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
  2. Woods v. City Nat. Bank & Trust Co. of ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
  3. Northcross v. Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1979
  4. Weil v. NearySupreme Court of the United States · 1929
  5. General Mill Supply Company, Manual Rotenberg and Milton Rotenberg, Plaintiffs v. Sca Services, Inc., Hale and DorrCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1983

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3Cited by56 opinions

  1. In the Matter of Consolidated Bancshares, Inc., D/B/A Consolidated Investors, Inc., Debtor. Pierson & Gaylen, Ray & Terrell & Grubbs, Cross- v Creel & Atwood and Jack Bryant, Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
  2. In Re RobertsUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Utah · 1985
  3. Bernard P. Rome v. Joseph Braunstein, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1994
  4. In Re Jensen-Farley Pictures, Inc.United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Utah · 1985
  5. In Re Kendavis Industries International, Inc.United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Texas · 1988

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