Legal Opinion
In re Grivas
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. California
Decided October 24, 1989No. Bankruptcy No. 87-01131-LM11PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION
LOUISE DeCARL MALUGEN, Bankruptcy Judge.
What’s in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet. Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet,
Act II, Scene II, 43:44.
Like a modern day Juliet, this Court must ponder whether that which we call a “settlement” in an application to employ special counsel is the same as that “settlement” embodied in a confirmed reorganization plan. Although the semantic construction may appear to be less ethereal than that engaged in by Juliet, the stakes are high. At issue is the entitlement of three law firms to fees…
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