Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Richter, Miller & Finn (In Re Johnson)
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided August 10, 2004No. 1:04CV353PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ELLIS, District Judge.
At issue in this bankruptcy appeal is whether a law firm that served as special counsel to the trustee of a bankrupt debt- or’s estate may be compensated for its services to the trustee from the debtor’s estate when the law firm simultaneously represented one of the debtor’s creditors. More specifically, the questions presented are:(i) whether the bankruptcy court erred in awarding compensation to the appel-lee law firm for work the firm performed for the trustee even though the firm also simultaneously represented a creditor of the debtor on the ground…
2Cases cited46 opinions
- In Re Robert D. Johnson, Debtor. Canal Corporation, General Partner of the Limited Partnership of the October 18, 1973 Group the October 30, 1973 Group the November 30, 1973 Group the November 15, 1973 Group the December 10, 1973 Group the December 11, 1973 Group the December 14, 1973 Group the January 7, No. 91-1403 1974 Group the January 11, 1974 Group the January 31, 1974 Group Resource Evaluation & Development, Incorporated, General Partner of the Limited Partnership of the February 8, 1974 Group the February 15, 1974 Group the March 5, 1974 Group the March 11, 1974 Group the March 29, 1974 Group the April 14, 1974 Group the April 5, 1974 Group v. Robert E. Finnman Gerald L. Sacks Leonard Henschel Mrs. Leonard Henschel Carl Starnes Mrs. Carl Starnes Robert W. Froehlich Alan B. Svedlow Thomas W. Gilliam, Jr. Ruth Swart Young Frederick M. Sorrell, Jr. Richard B. Hudson Mrs. Richard B. Hudson William A. Gore Mrs. William A. Gore, and Lenora Johnson Brown Vail Pischke v. Bruce Goldstein, TrusteeCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1992
- In Re Nucorp Energy, Inc., an Ohio Corporation, and Its Affiliates, Debtors. Luce, Forward, Hamilton & ScrippsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- In Re Larry T. & Cynthia J. Martin D/B/A a & W Drive-In Restaurant & Martin's Exxon, Debtors. Appeal of Larry T. & Cynthia J. MartinCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
- Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Pueblo of Santa AnaSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Wolf v. WeinsteinSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by16 opinions
- In Re ElderUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia · 2005
- In Re PenneyUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · 2005
- In Re Worldwide Wholesale Lumber, Inc.United States Bankruptcy Court, D. South Carolina · 2006
- In re HanckelUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. South Carolina · 2014
- Byrd v. JohnsonDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 2012
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