Legal Opinion
In Re GOCO Realty Fund I
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. California
Decided February 22, 1993No. 16-10109PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MARILYN MORGAN, Bankruptcy Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
The debtor, GOCO Realty Fund I (“GOCO”), a California Limited Partnership, paid its attorneys in excess of $725,-000 prior to filing the bankruptcy petition. Of this sum, more than $500,000 was paid as a retainer for a suit against its only secured creditor, New West Federal Savings & Loan Association (“New West”). New West moved for the return of the pre-petition legal retainers arguing that to permit GOCO to pay its counsel from cash subject to New West’s lien compels New West involuntarily to fund litigation against its interest. GOCO…
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