Legal Opinion
Gallivan v. Springfield Post Road Corp.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 7, 1997No. 96-1819PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.
This appeal is from a district court judgment approving a bankruptcy judge’s orders denying motions of appellant real estate brokers Gallivan and Smith (1) to compel the payment of a brokerage fee by appellees, the debtors-in-possession in Chapter 11 proceedings, as administrative expenses under 11 U.S.C. § 503(b); 1 and (2) to recover from a secured party, MBL Life Assurance Corporation, their respective shares of the brokerage fee, under 11 U.S.C. § 506(c), as a “reasonable, necessary cost[ ] of preserving” debtors’ property. 2
The district court denied both…
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- In Re Visual Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1995
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