Legal Opinion
Ponder v. Knight
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 26, 1974No. 74-1139PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:
Appellant, an attorney, represented the bankrupts in a bankruptcy proceeding in which appellee was Trustee. Appellant submitted to the Referee in Bankruptcy an application for $10,000 compensation. Notice of the application was mailed to the Trustee and the creditors, and a hearing was held August 21, 1973, attended by appellant, appellee, and an attorney for one creditor. At the end of the hearing the Referee orally ordered that appellant be paid not $10,000 but $1,250, subject to a credit of $250 already paid. Later that day the Referee’s written order to the same…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- St. Regis Paper Co., and All Other Creditors Similarly Situated v. Billy R. Jackson, Trustee in Bankruptcy for Harry D. Stone, BankruptCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Fazakerly v. E. Kahn's Sons Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1935
- Flaxman, Coleman, Gorman & Rosoff v. Crules R. Cheek, Trustee of the Estate of Ward Brothers Furniture, Inc., Bankrupt, Flaxman, Coleman, Gorman & Rosoff v. Crules R. Cheek, Trustee of the Estate of Ward Brothers Furniture, Apartnership, Bankrupt, Flaxman, Coleman, Gorman & Rosoff v. Crules R. Cheek, Trustee of the Estate of Inland Furniture, Inc., BankruptCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1966
- In the Matter of N. Pfeffer Jewelers, Inc., Debtor-Appellee v. Arthur I. Winard, Attorney-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1973
3Cited by1 opinion
- In the Matter of Jewell L. Simmons and Janice A. Simmons, Bankrupts. J. Lynn Ponder v. Richard F. Knight, Trustee, No. 74-1139 Summary Calendar. Rule 18, 5 Cir. Isbell Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Company of New York, 5 Cir., 1970, 431 F.2d 409, Part ICourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974