Legal Opinion
Quigley v. Kimbrough
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 17, 1968No. 24537PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:
Appellants exhort and entreat us to grant priority to a claim in bankruptcy for attorneys’ fees as a component of rent, despite statutory explicitness to the contrary.
Hotz GMC Trucks, Inc. filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy on December 18, 1964. On March 11, 1965, Julie F. Quigley and The First National Bank of Mobile, co-trustees (landlord), filed with the Referee a Proof of Claim for rent due on the premises occupied by the bankrupt during the months of July, 1964, through December, 1964. In this Proof of Claim the landlord asserted rights to either a…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Elliott v. BumbCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1966
- In Re Uni-Lab, Inc., Bankrupt, York & Foster, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1960
- Miles Corp. v. LindelCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1939
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3Cited by2 opinions
- In Re Faber's, Inc.District Court, D. Connecticut · 1973
- Quigley v. KimbroughCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1968