Credit Alliance Corp. v. Boies (In Re Crook)
United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROBERT CLIVE JONES, Bankruptcy Judge:
Appellant Credit Alliance Corporation appeals the bankruptcy court’s order retroactively authorizing the employment of special counsel for the debtor. Because we conclude that the requirements for issuing the retroactive order were not satisfied, we reverse.
FACTS
The debtor, Vivian Crook, filed a Chapter 11 petition in the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Oregon in September, 1984. She operated as a debtor-in-possesion until August 24, 1985 when a trustee was appointed.
The applicant, Lewis Boies, a California attorney, had represented Crook…
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