Legal Opinion
Waldschmidt v. Compcare Health Services Ins. (In Re Peck Foods)
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided May 17, 1996No. 19-20408PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION
M. DEE McGARITY, Bankruptcy Judge.
Introduction
This case raises the issue of whether the law firm that represented a chapter 11 debt- or can represent the defendant in a preference action brought by the chapter 7 trustee after the case is converted. The answer to this question appears at first to be obvious. Apparently it was not; otherwise, the parties would have resolved it themselves, and there would be no issue for the court to decide. Also, how it was presented is unusual, both in substance and procedure.
Whyte Hirsehboeck Dudek, S.C., moved for approval of its employment as…
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