Stillmunkes v. Hy-Vee Employee Benefit Plan & Trust

JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

Reine and Brian Stillmunkes appeal from an order of the district court 2 affirming an order of the bankruptcy court 3 that refused to reduce the claim of the Hy-Vee Employee Benefit Plan and Trust in the Stillmunkeses’ Chapter 7 bankruptcy to require Hy-Vee to pay its share of certain attorneys’ fees and expenses as required by Iowa law. The Stillmunkeses argue that the bankruptcy court should have reduced Hy-Vee’s claim because Iowa state law limits the amount of Hy-Vee’s claim to less than the bankruptcy court allowed and because Hy-Vee’s claim should be…