Legal Opinion
In Re Homer G. Walters and Evolene Walters, Debtors. Charles L. Burd v. Homer G. Walters and Evolene Walters
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided March 1, 1989No. 87-1114PublishedCited by 203 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIDENER, Circuit Judge:
Charles L. Burd appeals from the district court’s affirmance of the bankruptcy court’s order requiring him to repay certain attorneys’ fees to his client and its order finding him in civil contempt. Burd challenges the bankruptcy court’s jurisdiction to review the fees in question, its discretion in reducing the attorneys' fees, its conclusion that his actions constituted civil contempt, its power to hold him in civil contempt, and its discretion in awarding sanctions in connection with the contempt finding. We largely affirm, but vacate one item of the sanctions for…
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