Legal Opinion
Cohn v. U.S. Trustee (In Re Ostas)
District Court, N.D. New York
Decided September 2, 1993No. 92-CV-1236PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM-DECISION AND ORDER
McCURN, Senior District Judge.
Background 1
This bankruptcy appeal arises out of an order by Bankruptcy Judge Mahoney, dated August 27, 1992, requiring the appellant, Kenneth Cohn, to pay $2,000 to the debtors, Mike and Patricia Ostas, as a sanction pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 9011. That order further required attorney Cohn to pay another $2,000 to the debtors 2 as a refund for excessive fees pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 329.
The sanctions and return of fees order are based upon the following events. In early 1989, attorney Cohn filed a Chapter 13 petition for bankruptcy…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Anderson v. City of Bessemer CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- United States v. United States Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Cooter & Gell v. Hartmarx Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Inwood Laboratories, Inc. v. Ives Laboratories, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Antonio Mareno, Jr. v. Thomas Rowe and Jet Aviation of America, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1990
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3Cited by33 opinions
- In Re Palumbo Family Ltd. PartnershipUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia · 1995
- In Re Keller Financial Services of Florida, Inc.United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida · 2000
- In Re MayeauxUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Texas · 2001
- In Re CampbellUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Ohio · 2001
- In Re FamisaranUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · 1998
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