Legal Opinion
In Re Melita
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided October 14, 1988No. 19-11480PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
BRUCE I. FOX, Bankruptcy Judge:
This is the debtors’ motion to limit the compensation of the standing chapter 13 trustee in this case on the basis of hardship. The motion presents two narrow but significant issues. The first is whether a bankruptcy court retains power to adjust the compensation of a standing chapter 13 trustee following the implementation of the United States Trustee system in this jurisdiction upon enactment of the 1986 amendments to the Bankruptcy Code. To the extent I answer that question in the affirmative, I must consider the limits of that power and…
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