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Harman v. Levin

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided September 17, 1985No. 84-2045PublishedCited by 128 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SPROUSE, Circuit Judge:

This appeal involves the issue of whether the calculation and award of attorney’s fees by a bankruptcy court is correct. Attorney Richard S. Harman represented debtors in ten Chapter 13 bankruptcy proceedings. In each proceeding he filed a request for attorney’s fees which was challenged as unreasonable and excessive by bankruptcy trustee David R. Levin. The bankruptcy court in each instance agreed with Levin that the requested fees were excessive and awarded amounts equalling approximately sixty percent of Harman’s requests. Harman appealed to the district court, which…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Hensley v. EckerhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. United States v. United States Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
  3. Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
  4. Northern Pipeline Construction Co. v. Marathon Pipe Line Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
  5. James D. ARNOLD, Jr., Appellant, v. BURGER KING CORPORATION and Fickling Enterprises, AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1983

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3Cited by128 opinions

  1. In Re Branding Iron Motel, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1986
  2. In Re A.H. Robins Company, Incorporated, Debtor. Paul W. Bergstrom A. Russell Blank Thomas J. Brandi Mari C. Bush William D. Cook Peter Danziger Glenn A. Dorfman J. Michael Egan Paul E. Fagan Michael Fields Joseph S. Friedberg Michael Friedman William C. Gage Abraham N. Goldman and Associates, Limited Jeffrey Holl James B. Hovland Arthur C. Johnson Charles Johnson Rodney A. Klein Martina Langley Edward C.Y. Lau Stan Linker Henri E. Norris Ralph Pittle Michael A. Pretl Ron Schnieder Gregory J. Semanko Sybil Shainwald Andrew S. Zieve v. Dalkon Shield Trust, Trust-Appellee. In Re A.H. Robins Company, Incorporated, Debtor. Glenn A. Dorfman v. Dalkon Shield Trust, Trust-Appellee. In Re A.H. Robins Company, Incorporated, Debtor. Medical Legal Consultants of Washington v. Dalkon Shield Trust, Trust-Appellee. In Re A.H. Robins Company, Incorporated, Debtor. Levin, Fishbein, Sedran & Berman v. Dalkon Shield Trust, Trust-Appellee. In Re A.H. Robins Company, Incorporated, Debtor. Michael R. Tucker v. Dalkon Shield Trust, Trust-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1996
  3. In re: Vill. ApothecaryCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2022
  4. In re UlrichUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Michigan · 2014
  5. In Re Drexel Burnham Lambert Group, Inc.United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 1991

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