Legal Opinion

McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen v. Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors (In Re Weibel, Inc.)

United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit

Decided December 30, 1994No. BAP No. NC-93-2403-MeRO. Bankruptcy No. 93-4-3172TPublishedCited by 48 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MEYERS, Bankruptcy Judge:

I

The court denied the appellant’s application to be employed as counsel for the debtor in possession on the basis that counsel was not disinterested. Later, the appellant filed a fee application requesting administrative claim status for the fees it charged in providing services to the debtor in possession. The court denied this application.

We AFFIRM, but base our ruling on grounds other than those set forth in the bankruptcy court’s opinion found at In re Weibel, Inc., 161 B.R. 479 (Bankr.N.D.Cal.1993).

II

FACTS

Weibel, Inc. (“Weibel”) was a client of long…

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