Legal Opinion
In Re Hardwick & Magee Company
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided February 6, 1973No. 71-753PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
EDWARD R. BECKER, District Judge.
I. Preliminary Statement
This case raises important questions as to the proper criteria to be applied in determining fees to be awarded to attorneys for receivers and trustees in Chapter XI and straight bankruptcy proceedings. The principal questions involved are the following: First, should “time spent” by counsel be a prime consideration in determination of fees; Second, must the referee distinguish between the legal and non-legal services of counsel in determining fees; and Third, may the referee refer to statistical averages prepared by the…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- In Re Eureka Upholstering Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1931
- In the Matter of Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Company, Debtor. Lamb, Blake, Hutchinson & Dunne and Strasser, Spiegelberg, Fried & Frank, Hudson & Manhattan CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964
- Henry Jacobowitz v. Double Seven CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1967
- In re Imperial "400" National, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
- Ira Haupt & Co. v. SeligsonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
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3Cited by20 opinions
- City of Detroit v. Grinnell Corporation, Manhattan-Ward, Incorporated v. Grinnell Corporation, 1225 Vine Street Building, Inc. v. Grinnell CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
- In Re Meade Land and Development Co., Inc. Appeal of Eastgate Enterprises, IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1975
- In Re Garland Corp.United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · 1981
- Vecchione v. WohlgemuthDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1979
- Matter of Rego Crescent Corp.United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. New York · 1984
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